The problem plagues thousands, if not millions, of Internet users and has spawned companies and nonprofit groups whose sole purpose is to help Internet service providers block spam. Sparks said that using the Internet did not make legal sales activity that was outlawed through other mediums. Honeypots look like normal Web servers to a black hat, but they are really traps with special software that allow white hats to track every step a computer vandal takes. It s fraud. And outright theft.
Online crime is the internet s biggest growth industry.
There are plenty of outlaws, but not enough sheriffs and hanging judges out there to uphold the law. The red-alert language of the professors is aimed in part at drawing attention to a legal dispute in California between auction giant eBay and a smaller rival, Bidder's Edge, that raises important questions about property rights in the digital age. The information is provided to you for non-profit research and educational purposes.