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From: barry@ames.UUCP (Kenn Barry)
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Subject: Re: Hackers and others take note
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Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 17:25:39 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  7 17:25:39 1984
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> Too bad black lists are illegal.  I think that anyone that has made 
> unauthorized access to computing equipment should be barred from 
> employment in any computer related field.  The period of this employment
> sanction should be long enough to discourage even the youngest potential
> criminal.  I began programming when I was 13 (in the late sixties) and
> even then the term 'hacker' was derogatory - as it still should be.

	Not only are blacklists not used against these people, quite
the opposite occurs. A talented 'system burglar' is quite likely to
be offered big bucks to become a security expert *protecting* systems
against further cracking (once he/she is let out of jail :-)). Have you
never heard of "set a thief to catch a thief"?

-  From the Crow's Nest  -                      Kenn Barry
                                                NASA-Ames Research Center
                                                Moffett Field, CA
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