Comment And they proved what ... ? (Score 3, Interesting) 942
Even there may be something that may trace from wich (IP) address an event happened (thou I completely agree with the 1x1 gif idea) . I don't see how it may prove something in court.
What if the email was send (the smtp server was invoked) from a compromised computer. There are lots of win98 online with hundreds exploits ready waiting for somebody who needs an IP to do something from. What if the person uses a cascade of proxyes and shells.
I will just mention all the possibilites the iproute2 package gives to move network segments and obscure what is going on.
We should do everything possible to prevent the court system to take computer generated information (logs) as a reliable evidence, because it may be just the start of the witch hunt...
What if the email was send (the smtp server was invoked) from a compromised computer. There are lots of win98 online with hundreds exploits ready waiting for somebody who needs an IP to do something from. What if the person uses a cascade of proxyes and shells.
I will just mention all the possibilites the iproute2 package gives to move network segments and obscure what is going on.
We should do everything possible to prevent the court system to take computer generated information (logs) as a reliable evidence, because it may be just the start of the witch hunt...
