Firewalls to be illegal in several US states

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-03-29 05:15pm

http://inquirerinside.com/?article=8595

Apparently, poorly written law could make firewalls illegal in several US states.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-03-29 05:16pm

LOL...I wonder how well it'll go over with the crowd.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-03-29 05:20pm

Interesting... oh well, I don't use a firewall anyways, so

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-03-29 05:29pm

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*

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-03-29 05:36pm

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!*

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-03-29 06:20pm

Thats nothing....the geniuses in Hollywood have been trying to get analouge to digital converters banned......
*shakes his head*

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-03-29 06:30pm

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.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-03-29 06:43pm

Right to what?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-03-29 07:20pm

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.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-03-29 07:33pm

What do Firewalls do again?

(Ack, my newbieness is showing!)

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-03-29 07:37pm

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.....

BrYaN19kc · Post by **BrYaN19kc** » 2003-03-29 07:44pm

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

Kintaro · Post by **Kintaro** » 2003-03-29 07:58pm

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!

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-03-29 08:01pm

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.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-03-29 08:02pm

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.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-03-29 08:03pm

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.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-03-29 08:07pm

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)

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-03-29 08:07pm

I'm in Australia, if Dubya supports this bill our government will probably put it on us.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-03-29 08:15pm

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.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-03-29 08:22pm

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...

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-03-29 08:26pm

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.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-03-29 08:34pm

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...

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-03-29 08:47pm

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.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2003-03-29 08:49pm

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.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2003-03-29 08:55pm

I wouldn't worry, Shrubya wouldn't allow such a bill. After all, he's a smart person isn't he?