SECUR> DMCA Laws kill open-source security app
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- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 11:05:01 -0400
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Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround
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An open-source security app may be the first victim of so-called
super-DMCA laws.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=8800603
By George V. Hulme
Apr 23, 2003
In the days following the July 2001 Code Red worm outbreak, which
infected 359,000 systems in 14 hours, software developer Tom Liston
started work on an application that would turn the tables on worms. He
created LaBrea, which essentially acts like a digital tar pit,
trapping hackers and worms, forcing hackers to break off attacks, and
preventing worms from moving on to other computers.
The free, open-source application has been heralded in security
circles and nominated for awards as a unique weapon. It's also been
pulled from Lipton's Hackbusters.net site by its author. He yanked it
April 15 when the Illinois resident learned that a 4-month-old state
law (Compiled Statutes 720 ILCS 5) makes it illegal to create a device
capable of disrupting a communication service without the express
authorization of the communication service provider.
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