Re: password
- From: Howard Latham <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Goulet, Richard" <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:07:16 +0000
Only if the person asking for help is genuine and that is the issue - if
they are attempting to illegally gain access then we can be prosecuted for
helping them.
On 24 March 2010 13:03, Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Howard,
>
> Now I don't know about British law and I'm no attorney so take it with
> a truck load of salt, but US law does make a distinction between malicious
> and non-malicious hacking. Meaning that it's illegal to hack a system to
> gain improper access but OK if it's has a proper business purpose. In the
> case here I believe it would be looked upon as OK since it's an internal
> person trying to do their specified job that's doing the hacking because
> they have no recourse.
>
>
> *Dick Goulet***
> Senior Oracle DBA/NA Team Lead
> PAREXEL International
>
>
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Howard Latham
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 24, 2010 7:53 AM
> *To:* david.robillard@xxxxxxxxx
> *Cc:* robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l
> *Subject:* Re: password
>
> Are the members here vetted in anyway?
> In the UK you can be prosecuted for Aiding a Hacker- And the email here is
> good for evidence. So lets be careful out there guys.
> Hey Ive got this great way to crack an Oracle password .........
>
> On 24 March 2010 06:53, David Robillard <david.robillard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> > In fact, a well done presentation that demonstrates the vulnerability of
>> > an existing database using publicly available hacking tools is often
>> > very eye opening to management types if you are trying to secure a
>> > database and such management types are hesitant to spend the time/money.
>>
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> Could you please share some URLs to such presentations?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> David
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> Howard A. Latham
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