Start again on the newbie's networking problem. Re: Need help (of course) setting up network

[jludwig]

On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 07:40, Steve Searle wrote:
> Around 05:14am on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 (UK time), Rodolfo J. Paiz scrawled:
> 
> > and origin. This is, for example, how "Denial of Service" (DoS) attacks are 
> > performed... hack 1,000 innocent bystanders, then use their machines to 
> > attack your target while *never* showing your face directly. And, of 
> > course, the innocent bystanders get blacklisted, banned, and sometimes 
> > prosecuted. As if that weren't enough, some hackers use networks to spread 
> 
> Have you a cite for the prosecution of someone who was hacked into?
> While I agree with you that protection is very important regardless of
> the value of any data on the PC, and that unprotected PCs have often
> been used for DoS attacks, I would have thought that claiming people
> have been prosecuted is scaremongering.  As ever, I could well be wrong
> 'though.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Steve
In any case it's not worth some law enforcement officials showing up at
your door and "borrowing" your hard drive(s) for several months.
-- 
jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>