Honeypots: Re: honey pots and laws

["Alexander Hidalgo" <greyhathacker () hotmail com>]

I'm not sure about the exact laws in France, but I do know that honeypots 
can infact be affected by various laws. Here in the United States the 
government can't really use honeypots, because it would be viewed as 
entrapment.
I think the issue is not wether or not you are allowed to set one up, but 
what will you do with the data you collect? It could be illegal in some 
instances to use that data to take legal action. Merely studying should be 
fine, however.
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| Alex Hidalgo
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> From: Roderick ASSELINEAU <rdasselineau () yahoo fr>
> To: honeypots () securityfocus com
> Subject: honey pots and laws
> Date: 08 Dec 2002 13:18:53 +0100
>
>         I was thinking about preparing a honey pot some days ago however some
> of my friends told me that it was illegal in France, because it would be
> "encouraging piracy", according to french law he thought. Most of people
> receiving aren't surely french however, if someone (maybe a lawyer, who
> knows ? :p) knew about the answer or had any questions about that, it
> would be nice.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Roderick ASSELINEAU
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> Roderick ASSELINEAU <rdasselineau () yahoo fr>
>
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