There are no legal grounds. It's not self defense. There is no absolute
right to protect property.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ahmik [mailto:drbeams@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 7:15 PM
To: kclug@kclug.org
Subject: 

What would be the legal grounds for a program that retaliates against an
attacking machine once it has determined an attack is going on ... a self
defence mechanism ... the right to protect property ?