Re: Using Ethereal

From: Walter Roberson (roberson_at_ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: 29 Aug 2004 01:32:38 GMT

In article <barmar-7F5DEB.23305327082004@comcast.dca.giganews.com>,
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
:In article <d694043c.0408271849.47280549@posting.google.com>,
: dthrowback@yahoo.com (David) wrote:

:> Is it illegal to use Ethereal just to monitor what traffic is going on
:> between My Computer and when I surf the web? When there is no network
:> involved.

:You can do whatever you want with your own computer's data.

Barry, that statement is somewhere between misleading and false enough
to get someone into serious legal problems.

See my earlier posting in this thread exposing some of the conditionals
and jurisdictional issues.

Even if it is "your" computer, in quite a number of States in the USA,
snooping data that is being transmitted on behalf of other people
can constitute a felony [at least if they don't know you are doing it.] 

-- 
   Most Windows users will run any old attachment you send them, so if
   you want to implicate someone you can just send them a Trojan
   -- Adam Langley

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