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[Steve Johnson]

I am no lawyer, but if the attacking machine were attacking you because it
got 
a virus from somewhere else (like the red worm doo dad) then you would be 
attacking an innocent machine and therfore might find yourself in some hot 
water, depending on if you were just doing a star-wars missle defense, or if

it was a chemical warfare type deal...

Certainly OK to ignore that IP forever...

JMO

sj

>===== Original Message From Ahmik <SMTP:drbeams at hotmail.com> =====
>What would be the legal grounds for a program that retaliates against an
>attacking machine once it has determined an attack is going on ... a self
>defence mechanism ... the right to protect property ?
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