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Breach case could curtail Web flaw finders
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-04-26

Security researchers and legal experts have voiced concern this week over the prosecution of an information-technology professional for computer intrusion after he allegedly breached a university's online application system while researching a flaw without the school's permission.

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FreeMcCarty.com 2006-04-26
Anonymous (2 replies)
Re: FreeMcCarty.com 2006-04-27
carl
Re: FreeMcCarty.com 2006-04-28
Bilz
I agree that Mr. McCarty may have broken the law in an attempt to do something good. Unfortunately, what many of us see as "good" is sometimes not seen as "right" by others.

As they say: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

But I digress.

I think the shabby way Mr. McCarty is being treated is more like a knee-jerk reaction from USC, sort of like a school dean suspending a student for marching up to him and zipping up his fly for him when it was open in public.

If Mr. McCarty is guilty of something similar, it doesn't necessarily mean that the book should be thrown at him.

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