[plug] [OT] Ferral Politics

[Jeremy Malcolm]

Carl Gherardi wrote:
> 

> While on the topic of draconian laws(kinda), does anyone know whether the
> bill proposed to make network scanning of any sort illegal was passed.
> >From memory only asio and military institutions were exempt from this.

If you mean what I think you mean then yes this occurred just before
Parliament recessed, but the legislation does not necessarily make
network scanning illegal.  A fuller but simple description is at
http://www.ilaw.com.au/public/netlaw5.html and a more detailed analysis
is at http://www.efa.org.au/Analysis/cybercrime_bill.htm.

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