Computer Misuse (Amendement) Bill

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Chown" <1@234.cx>
To: <ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: Computer Misuse (Amendement) Bill

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> One thing that would be nice is a protocol whereby machine owners can
> publish the permissions which are granted to the Internet at large.  The
> robots.txt file is a protocol a bit like this, but it would be nice to
> extend it to publishing policies like "no spam", "access to ssh must be
> explicitly authorised" and so on.

This can be done to a certain extent with suitable banners and "click here
to continue" type links/buttons.   That said though, if you use a script or
application to connect or whatever, you could argue that you didn't see the
banner yourself...

Cheers,
            JJ