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Message-Id: <200612181553.kBIFr3hZ031168@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:53:03 -0500
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To: Aaron Gray <angray@...b.net>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: [OOT] Thesis for master degree
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:55:50 GMT, Aaron Gray said:
>
> >- Disassembling Vista Security
>
> This is illegal. So not a very good idea for the thesis.
This of course is *very* dependent on what country you are in.
In the US, the most important law involved would probably be the DMCA,
which *does* have an exception for reverse engineering for compatibility
research (17 USC 1201(f)), encryption research (17 USC 1201(g)), and
security testing (17 USC 1201(j)).
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00001201----000-.html
Note that 17 USC 1201(j)(2) *specifically* hints that you *really* want
an in-writing "Get Out Of Jail Free" card for 18 USC 1030 and related.
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