full-disclosure - Anybody know a good attorney?

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Message-ID: <000401c6072f$a1022ed0$1214dd80@corp.emc.com>
Date: Thu Dec 22 19:41:06 2005
From: exibar at thelair.com (Exibar)
Subject: Anybody know a good attorney?

IANAL.. but from what I know:

> 1. Legality of port/vulnerability scanning.
     None, perfectly legal in most cases
> 2. Legality of writing/possessing exploit code.
      Not illegal to write or own exploit code.....
> 3. Legality of writing/possessing worm/virus code.
     Not illegal to write or own worm/virus code
> 4. Implications of DMCA on exploit development.
    NONE, unless it requires reverse engineering, even then it's tricky

   In the US, it is not illegal to posses or even to write
exploit/virus/worm/trojan code.  It is illegal to willingly release that
code.  It might even be further said that the code must be willingly
released with the intent to cause harm.

  It would be interesting for an actual Lawyer that has tried this type of
case to give some input though....

 exibar



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> Anybody know a good attorney in the U.S. who specializes in computer
> security laws?  For example they should be able to answer questions
> concerning:
>
> 1. Legality of port/vulnerability scanning.
> 2. Legality of writing/possessing exploit code.
> 3. Legality of writing/possessing worm/virus code.
> 4. Implications of DMCA on exploit development.
> etc.
>
> TIA
>
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