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> they could call on their users for aid You gotta be kidding. Calling on their paying customers to commit a crime on their behalf? Really?

• hueving 12y ago
  When did writing ddos protection tools become a crime? Was that shortly after it became illegal to try to stop someone from stabbing you?
  • teamhappy 12y ago
    Maybe I misinterpreted the "or desperate enough," I don't know, but quite a lot of people in this thread seem very trigger happy. // Fun fact: Depending on what jurisdiction you're under and how the tool is implemented writing a DDoS protection tool might actually be considered a crime.
    • mikegioia 12y ago
      Yeah you did misinterpret his comment. Also, you can be "desperate" for help so I don't understand what you meant. What jurisdiction or tool-implementation would consider DDoS prevention a crime? We're talking about mitigating a flood of traffic here.
      • teamhappy 12y ago
        > Yeah you did misinterpret his comment. Don't rub it in. I had a long night. > What jurisdiction or tool-implementation would consider DDoS prevention a crime? That depends on how the tool is implemented. Nobody cares what you use it for; what it does and what that (potentially) enables you to do is usually the deciding factor. I can't give you a concrete example because I'm not a judge and these kind of laws are way too vague anyway. We're obviously not talking about "traditional" methods here (hence the fun fact). Note that the problem is not you using a tool, it's you distributing a tool that can be used for ... well ... I don't know.