Those requirements are devoid of controversy. Individual countries can draft their own customized legislation to comply with the Convention, which can be used as a checklist, Killerby said. The Council has provided assistance to countries in central and eastern Europe in creating computer crime laws where none were on the books, Killerby said.
Countries with existing laws will have find a medium that satisfies their own legal requirements and the Convention. In the U.K., the House of Lords is scheduled next month to debate changes in the part of the CMA concerning creation and distribution of hacking tools.
The proposed revision to the CMA says a person is guilty of an offense if he makes or supplies something intending it to be used to commit an offense or "believing that it is likely to be so used."
But officials are confident that the wording can be smoothed. The controversy could be dampened merely by changing "likely" to "primarily" which could "make sure we don't catch the legitimate penetration testers," said Merlin Erroll, a Lord who sits on the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG), during a recent presentation in London.
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UK bill would increase penalties for cybercriminals, Jan. 27, 2006
Analysts eye revamp of UK cybercrime law, Jun. 7, 2006
UK teen pleads guilty to DOS e-mail attack, Aug. 24, 2006
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