Some DNS Requests Ruled Illegal in North Dakota 331
jgreco writes "A judge in North Dakota has just ruled that requesting a zone transfer from a public DNS server is criminal activity within the meaning of the North Dakota Computer Crimes Law. A zone transfer is a simple request that a DNS server hand over information in bulk, and a DNS server may be configured to allow or deny such requests. That the owner of a DNS server would configure the server to allow such requests, and then claim such requests were unauthorized, is simply stunning."
beware (Score:2, Funny)
Oops (Score:4, Funny)
How would he obtain permission to access it? (Score:3, Funny)
He can't email them, because clearly that's zomg h4xx0rz1ng their email server.
an old proverb (Score:3, Funny)
Can you imagine if every politician in the house and senate knew how to program? Granted a good portion of them would still be writing awful spaghetti code... but for the most part at least they would not be able to compile it.
Re:Oops (Score:5, Funny)
I try to be a somewhat law abiding citizen. Thanks for my first criminal act of the day I didn't even mean to commit.
Re:consequence of bad computer crime laws (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Unbelievable (Score:3, Funny)
Well, coming from ND, I'd have to say it's all boondocks. Where should I run to now?
Re:consequence of bad computer crime laws (Score:3, Funny)
Re:consequence of bad computer crime laws (Score:3, Funny)
Re:DNS illegal now? Read again. (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Unbelievable (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Unbelievable (Score:4, Funny)
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Port 53 rebel from hell (Score:3, Funny)
I hear the ladies love a Bad Boy. I just did a zone transfer from a North Dakota nameserver. I am SUCH a rebel. Come get me, biotches.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to tear the labels off some mattresses and jaywalk. I be bad, yeah I be bad.
Re:A human analogy (Score:2, Funny)