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> the server he was connecting to was owned by BitMover (as far as I see) That would be surprising to me. Being a DCVS, lots of folks in the community would be
by LukeShu 4y ago
> the server he was connecting to was owned by BitMover (as far as I see)
That would be surprising to me. Being a DCVS, lots of folks in the community would be running their own servers and sharing the URLs to them; that is were Andrew would have noticed URLs like bk://thunk.org:5000. For instance, here's one such URL being shared on the LKML where Andrew hung out: https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2003-12/1108.html https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2003-12/1108.h... It is my assumption that bk.arm.linux.org.ku was not owned BitMover.
Perhaps that means that whoever was running the server than Andrew connected to was in violation of their license by "authorizing" Andrew's access.
- ghusbands 4y agoThank you, that elucidates a little. I thought odd the wide claims that the metadata was stored on BitMover's servers and that they might own that IP. Note that the CFAA is a criminal law, so it was possible for Andrew to be prosecuted for breaking it, given a report to the police, if he hadn't been given direct permission to access that server in that way, whether or not the server owner minded.