25 Mar
2009
25 Mar
'09
12:45 a.m.
Salut,
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 08:38:23AM +0100, Claudio Jeker wrote:
Can you give me a legal guarantee that tcpdump will in no case be considered as a hacker tool? No, you can't. It always depends on mood and understanding of the judge in question, and potentially other factors.
Actually this is the biggest risk of this law. Taking away "hacker tools" from sysadmins and software developers will decrease the security of the swiss IT infrastructure. It is like outlawing vaccination.
Exactly. (As already outlined in the Wiki page.)
In the meanwhile, I hope you all already sent your responses to the hearing?
Tonnerre