Article:		Use P2P, Go to Jail. Any Questions?
Subject:		Understand the money.
Date:		2001-07-11 08:07:50
From:		pie
David's tampering required the computers to be reconfigured. That costs money. That creates interruption. That delays projects. The figure is probably based on the stats. The stats help determine the number of tampered machines and the amount of work that needs to be undone. I suspect you'll find the charge is not for bandwidth, but based on it. Tamper with a machine, expect to pay the price.

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• The question is why?
  2001-07-12 11:36:36  robor [Reply | View]
  
  
  Why pay so much money to reconfigure the machines when it was completely unnecessary? Why did the machines have to be totally reconfigured? David could've uninstalled the dnet client as quickly and easily as it was installed and it wouldn't have cost anywhere near this much money.
  
  It's not as if the dnet client is harmful. It uses spare CPU cycles. It doesn't mass Email or corrupt data like a trojan or virus. Why reload the PC's then? Security? The unknown factor? Are you telling me each time this school's network of PC's is compromised by a virus or trojan they totally reload the entire network? Do they also reload all of the PC's when a member if the IT staff is dismissed? After all he/she *might* have hidden harmful software on the network.
  
  This case should be dropped, period. If GA persues it I hope David wins and files a countersuit for damages and court costs (using the same formula the gov't used).
  
  Rob