full-disclosure - Re: new law proposal on EU against hacking tools and practices

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Message-ID: <4361.1333986810@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:53:30 -0400
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To: psy <root@...depsylon.net>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: new law proposal on EU against hacking tools
	and practices

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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