backbone transparent proxy / connection hijacking

Fri Jun 26 00:11:38 UTC 1998

>>>>> The moving finger of Karl Denninger, having written:

    Karl> Well, I'd love to know where they think they get the authority to do this
    Karl> from in the first place.... that is, absent active consent.

    Karl> I'd be looking over contracts and talking to counsel if someone tried this
    Karl> with transit connections that I was involved in.  Hijacking a connection
    Karl> without knowledge and consent might even run afoul of some kind of tampering
    Karl> or wiretapping statute (read: big trouble).....

Hmmm,

Title 18, Chapter 119 - Wire and Electronic Communications Interception...
      Sec 2511

Title 18, Chapter 1030 does not appear to apply.

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