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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 12:06:24 -0400
From: Travis Biehn <tbiehn@...il.com>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: new law proposal on EU against hacking tools
 and practices

'Clear purpose for committing any of the offenses' is usually easy to prove.

-Travis

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:53 AM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote:

> On Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:43:16 +0200, psy said:
> > this is the official text.
> >
> >
> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-476.089+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
>
> Thanks for posting that.  Looks like the final text is in fact not that
> bad. In
> particular, Amendent 7 clarifies that authorized pen-testing is legal, and
> Amendment 22 strikes the "possession" of tools/devices and adds "for the
> clear
> purpose of committing any of the offences".
>
> So you're allowed to have a copy of Metasploit, but pointing it someplace
> you don't have permission is still strictly forbidden. Sanity wins, at
> least this
> time. ;)
>
>
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