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Firewalls to be illegal in several US states
Posted: 2003-03-29 05:15pm
by Uraniun235
http://inquirerinside.com/?article=8595
Apparently, poorly written law could make firewalls illegal in several US states.
Posted: 2003-03-29 05:16pm
by Ghost Rider
LOL...I wonder how well it'll go over with the crowd.
Posted: 2003-03-29 05:20pm
by Brother-Captain Gaius
Interesting... oh well, I don't use a firewall anyways, so
Posted: 2003-03-29 05:29pm
by Darth Wong
JediNeophyte wrote:Interesting... oh well, I don't use a firewall anyways, so
*sound of hackers rushing to their keyboards to bring JediNeophyte's unprotected computer to its knees*
Posted: 2003-03-29 05:36pm
by Einhander Sn0m4n
Darth Wong wrote:JediNeophyte wrote:Interesting... oh well, I don't use a firewall anyways, so
*sound of hackers rushing to their keyboards to bring JediNeophyte's unprotected computer to its knees*
LMFAO!
*clicks Start>Run, types cmd. Then types
Code: Select all
Net Send 68.11.72.189 H4H4 3y3 w1ll H4x0r j00!!!
Then screams. AAAGH MESSENGER SP@M!*
Posted: 2003-03-29 06:20pm
by Keevan_Colton
Thats nothing....the geniuses in Hollywood have been trying to get analouge to digital converters banned......
*shakes his head*
Posted: 2003-03-29 06:30pm
by RedImperator
What you're seeing here is the age gap between legislators and most of the people who understand computers. You'd have to be a total technical ignoramus to write a bill making it illegal to conceal the origin or destination of a packet of data and not think there wouldn't be unintended consequences. Never mind the total ass raping of the right to privacy.
Posted: 2003-03-29 06:43pm
by Keevan_Colton
Right to what?
Posted: 2003-03-29 07:20pm
by Admiral Valdemar
Every day I wake up with a fresh hope for the human race and everyday an American shoots that down.
Well alright, maybe not an American, but more often than ever I'm weeping for the species.
Posted: 2003-03-29 07:33pm
by RogueIce
What do Firewalls do again?
(Ack, my newbieness is showing!)
Posted: 2003-03-29 07:37pm
by Keevan_Colton
To be frightfully mellowdramatic in my description....
Imaging your computer is a house....and you dont want anyone getting in without you knowing about it.....so you pour a lot of petrol in a big circle around your house and set it on fire....now people cant sneak up to your house very easily....you then put a big bridge with a gun wielding loony on it to let your friends in and out and shoot people you dont want.....
In short it protects your computer from unauthorised things coming in or out.....
Posted: 2003-03-29 07:44pm
by BrYaN19kc
What kills me is that probably 99 percent of the legislators who tinker with laws governing the Internet/networks/and other probably don't even know there the "on" switch is on a computer. GRRR
Posted: 2003-03-29 07:58pm
by Kintaro
RogueIce wrote:What do Firewalls do again?
(Ack, my newbieness is showing!)
They prevent 3rd parties from entering your computers.
This fucking country really amazes me sometimes. Apparently, we have monkeys to write all of the laws (or monkeys who blindly enforce the old laws), just like the monkeys that design the highway systems! YAY!
Posted: 2003-03-29 08:01pm
by RogueIce
Kintaro wrote:RogueIce wrote:What do Firewalls do again?
(Ack, my newbieness is showing!)
They prevent 3rd parties from entering your computers.
This fucking country really amazes me sometimes. Apparently, we have monkeys to write all of the laws (or monkeys who blindly enforce the old laws), just like the monkeys that design the highway systems! YAY!
Don't they block you from certain thing? Like online gaming, if I remember one complaint I saw.
Posted: 2003-03-29 08:02pm
by Nathan F
I noticed TN was one of the states in question, yet, in local or statewide news, I have yet to hear anything about it.
I Googled 'Firewall Ban' and 'State Firewall Ban' and returned nothing like this.
I am going with the false alarm on this one.
Posted: 2003-03-29 08:03pm
by Captain tycho
Oh joy. I've got a laptop full of sensitive financial information, and with no fire wall there's gonna be hackers stealing bank account numbers left and right.
EDIT: Goodie, Ohio isn't one of the states. Just saw that part.
Posted: 2003-03-29 08:07pm
by Einhander Sn0m4n
Captain tycho wrote:Oh joy. I've got a laptop full of sensitive financial information, and with no fire wall there's gonna be hackers stealing bank account numbers left and right.
EDIT: Goodie, Ohio isn't one of the states. Just saw that part.
Is Louisiana one of them? It better not be (I wouldn't be surprised if it was tho, we still have a fucking Sodomy law)
Posted: 2003-03-29 08:07pm
by Gandalf
I'm in Australia, if Dubya supports this bill our government will probably put it on us.
Posted: 2003-03-29 08:15pm
by Ghost Rider
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Captain tycho wrote:Oh joy. I've got a laptop full of sensitive financial information, and with no fire wall there's gonna be hackers stealing bank account numbers left and right.
EDIT: Goodie, Ohio isn't one of the states. Just saw that part.
Is Louisiana one of them? It better not be (I wouldn't be surprised if it was tho, we still have a fucking Sodomy law)
Texas, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alaska, Tennessee and Colorado.
Nope, so no worries Ein.
Posted: 2003-03-29 08:22pm
by RogueIce
Ghost Rider wrote:Texas, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alaska, Tennessee and Colorado.
Nope, so no worries Ein.
Alaska?! That's the last state I ever thought would have any computer laws...
Posted: 2003-03-29 08:26pm
by Nathan F
As I said, nothing of this sort has even been mentioned in any Tennessee media outlet, and I am taking it with a grain of salt till I see another source.
Also, as previously stated, I Googled it, but didn't come back with anything worth mentioning.
Posted: 2003-03-29 08:34pm
by Crayz9000
With the inherent brilliance of the California legislature, I'm actually amazed they haven't jumped on this bandwagon yet--considering that we seem to be #1 in limiting people's rights.
I do have my doubts about this, though. Maybe a more thorough Googling will do the trick...
Posted: 2003-03-29 08:47pm
by Crayz9000
OK, here are the results:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/27104
That seems to be it, though. I had a few other results, but two were from The Inquirer and the others were from other lawsuits relating to the DMCA.
Posted: 2003-03-29 08:49pm
by Spyder
Nathan F wrote:I noticed TN was one of the states in question, yet, in local or statewide news, I have yet to hear anything about it.
I Googled 'Firewall Ban' and 'State Firewall Ban' and returned nothing like this.
I am going with the false alarm on this one.
It wouldn't be under firewall ban. Firewall banning would be a side effect of the bill.
Posted: 2003-03-29 08:55pm
by Spyder
I wouldn't worry, Shrubya wouldn't allow such a bill. After all, he's a smart person isn't he?