[olug] MPAA toolkit

[Barry Von Ahsen]

Luke -Jr wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 November 2007, Will Langford wrote:
>> As far as I know, ISP's do keep track of when a person was
>> connected... 
> 
> Even if they do, this doesn't guarantee that IP's user is the customer.
> The most obvious case is a drive-by wireless user.
> I'm not aware of any law requiring us to log everyone who uses our network.

not yet at least.  California has a bill that requires wlan equipment to 
warn "unsecure wireless is bad, mkay" [1], and Westchester County, New 
York has a law requiring your wlan to be secured (for businesses at 
least) [2].  it's only a matter of time till the lawyers determine that 
providing unsecured wireless access makes you an ISP, subject to their 
rules and regs

[1] http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3638936
[2] http://www.govtech.com/gt/99289?topic=117671


-barry


> In the case of cable ISPs, often entire towns are placed on a single logical 
> switch. This allows anyone else in the general area to "borrow" any other IP 
> in the area's subnet, even transparently if another person is using it, via 
> simple man-in-the-middle tools (Ettercap).
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