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It may be ILLEGAL to run Heartbleed health checks – IT lawyer |
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Source: The Register UK - Posted by Dave Wreski
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Websites and tools that have sprung up to check whether servers are vulnerable to OpenSSL's mega-vulnerability Heartbleed have thrown up anomalies in computer crime law on both sides of the Atlantic.
Both the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and its UK equivalent the Computer Misuse Act make it an offence to test the security of third-party websites without permission.
Read this full article at The Register UK
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