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 > > > ------------------------------ > *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 >> -- >> David Robillard >> UNIX team leader & Oracle DBA >> CISSP, RHCE, SCSA & SCSECA >> Notarius >> -- >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >> >> >> > > > -- > Howard A. Latham > > > -- Howard A. Latham