Honeypots: Re: honey pots and laws

[Alexandre Dulaunoy <adulau () foo be>]

The legislation  is quite clear.  In the vast  majority of law  in EU,
this is related to the  incitement. With a honeynet/pot, you have only
a box waiting (is it an incitement) ? I don't think so. Of course, you
should provide the maximum security around the box, to not being a big
relay to attack other hosts... 

Legislation  is  a  matter  of  terminology...  So  with  the  correct
terminology, the legal risk is minimized. 

Hope this helps. 

adulau

On 8 Dec 2002, Roderick ASSELINEAU wrote:

>       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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