Is anyone in the know about how "maintaining that Internet" and "Accessing computer system without authorisation" are defined? For example, is collection of billing data included in "maintaining the Internet"? What about collecting "user web page access patterns"? Or, most importantly for us, what about collecting a packet header trace to do analysis that might someday improve the way the Internet operates. And what about "Accessing computer system without authorisation"? Is it now illegal for someone I haven't authorised to send email to my SNMP server? If not, why is it illegal for someone I haven't authorised to access my SSH server? If anyone has a copy of the amendment I'd love to read it. Tony ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony McGregor Mail: T.McGregor(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz Department of Computer Science Phone: +64 7 838 4651 Waikato University Fax: +64 7 858 5095(w) +64 7 825 5047(h) Private Bag 3105 Home: +64 7 825 5040 mobile: (021)313004 Hamilton, New Zealand www: http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~tonym ----------------------------------------------------------------------------