On 8 Apr 2004, K-OTiK Security wrote: > > > A new anti-security law was voted yesterday in France, this law called LEN (loi pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique), the article 34 with his 323-3-1 says : > > "The fact, without legitimate reason, of holding, of offering, of > yielding or of placing at the disposal equipment, instrument, a > data-processing or program conceived or especially adapted to > make the facts envisaged by articles 323-1 to 323-3 is punished sorrows > planned respectively for the infringement itself or the infringement > most severely repressed." > > Translation : > > - having or distributing exploit code and/or detailed vulnerability > information and/or information about hacking techniques, is ILLEGAL. > - having or distributing hacking/security tools, scanners, pen testers, or technical white papers is ILLEGAL. > - magazines and websites distributing security information about vulnerabilities or exploits are ILLEGAL. > > pathetic ! > > the term "hold...without legitimate reason" replaced the the presumption of innocence by the "presumption of culpability", it means : "Any person handling exploits/viruses (researcher,consultant,hacker or kiddie) is guilty, and is in an illegal situation which could lead him to be charged - And if you are charged, YOU have to prove that you are > innocent" > > Send us our "green cards" - thanks ! > > K-OTik Staff /// http://www.k-otik.com > This is and always has been in the Napoleonic Code if I remember correctly from my school days. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Johnson |Internet: johnson@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Systems Administrator |Web: http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~johnson NMR Center |Voice: 617.726.0949 Mass. General Hospital |FAX: 617.726.7422 149 (2301) 13th Street |Why do I even bother? Charlestown, MA., 02129 USA | Me --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
