**************************************************************************** >C O M P U T E R U N D E R G R O U N D< >D I G E S T< *** Volume 1, Issue #1.06 (April 27, 1990) ** **************************************************************************** MODERATORS: Jim Thomas / Gordon Meyer REPLY TO: TK0JUT2@NIU.bitnet COMPUTER UNDERGROUND DIGEST is an open forum dedicated to sharing information among computerists and to the presentation and debate of diverse views. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: The views represented herein do not necessarily represent the views of the moderators. Contributors assume all responsibility for assuring that articles submitted do not violate copyright protections. -------------------------------------------------------------------- In This Issue: File 1: Moderators' Corner (news and notes) File 2: Lists *CAN* Get You Listed! File 3: Legion of Doom (Austin / Chicago) Update (27 April) File 4: Review of THE CUCKOO'S EGG File 5: SMTP Hints -------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************** *** Computer Underground Digest Issue #1.06 / File 1 of 5 *** *************************************************************** In this file: -- Call for Articles -- More Crackdowns? -- LoD Rumors -------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Call for Articles ------------ It's the busy time of the term, but we're hoping people will send more articles on various topics. In this issue we review Clifford Stoll's THE CUCKOO'S EGG, and we'd like to get some pro or con responses on the book, as well as publish a few more articles on it from various perspectives. In a previous issue of C-u-D, a typo slipped by: THERE ARE ONLY THREE issues of LoD Technical Journal. The fourth was in progress. Most of those files were destroyed, but if anybody received any advance drafts or has any of those files laying around, please send them. They would be a nifty addition to the archives, and we're hoping that issue is not lost forever. SO--send those articles in! ------------------- More Crackdowns? ------------------- The computer underground isn't the only target of enforcement or legislative crackdowns. The CHICAGO TRIBUNE (April 20) reports two more "crimes" that can result either in heavy penalties or in confiscation of possessions. In Illinois, a law is being considered that would make it a felony to give *ANY* minor a drink of alcohol. On the suface, this seems a reasonable law, but it also outlaws parents allowing their 20-year old offspring a sip of wine under their supervision in the privacy of their home or a sip of wine at private religious ceremony at home. The penalty is THREE YEARS IN PRISON AND A FINE OF UP TO $10,000! (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, April 20, p. II-1). In Wisconsin, "the governor signed a law authorizing authorities to seize and sell cars used in prostitution crimes, a measure aimed at increasing the pressure on customers" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, April 20, p. I-3). Laws originally used to fight drugs and racketeering are being expanded to criminalize and punish in ways not originally intended. We seem to be living in a time when special interest groups (and not so special interest groups) are attempting to criminalize all those behaviors to which they object and impose potentially cruel and unusual punishments, or at least extreme punishments. It's hard to be sympathetic toward a drug pusher, so when harsh laws were passed, few objected. But, now those laws are being expanded and the confiscation of personal property seems to be in vogue. Isn't it time to "JUST SAY NO!?" --------------- LoD Rumors --------------- Some of the most outlandish rumors have come to us about the LoD events. We have heard that some are in jail, some have been indicted for treason, that Mentor was awoken with a shotgun at his head...the list goes on. We have reprinted the events as they occured in previous issues, and will keep subscribers up to date. The sources for our information include participants on both sides of the case, and despite the predictable slants each side may have, the facts are consistent, so we consider the information accurate. So, c'mon--tell others to quit spreading rumors! =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ + END THIS FILE + +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+===+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=  Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253 12yrs+