“decryption” means the electronic transformation of data or communication that has been encrypted;
“delayed access message service” means a method by which a communication intended for a person
can be submitted using a communications system, without the person being in direct contact with
anyone submitting the communication and can be subsequently accessed by the person, whether or
not other persons are able to access it;
“denial” of service attacks means rendering a computer system incapable of providing normal services
to its legitimate users;
“device” means an apparatus which can be used to intercept a wire, oral or electronic communication
other than—
(a) a telephone or telegraph instrument, equipment or facility, or any component thereof, furnished
to the subscriber or user by a provider of wire or electronic communication service in the ordinary
course of business and—
(i) used by the subscriber or user in the ordinary course of business or furnished by such
subscriber or user for connection to the facilities of such service and used in the ordinary course of
business; or
(ii) used by a provider of wire or electronic communication service in the ordinary course of
business, or by a law enforcement officer in the ordinary course of the law enforcement officer’s
duties; or
(b) a hearing aid or similar device;
“digital signature” means an electronic signature consisting of a transformation of an electronic record
using an asymmetric crypto-system such that a person having the initial untransformed electronic
record and the signer’s public key can accurately be determined—
(a) whether the transformation was created using the private key that corresponds to the signer’s
public key; or
(b) whether the initial electronic record has been altered since the transformation was made; and
includes voice recognition features, digital fingerprinting or such other biotechnology feature or
process, as may be prescribed;
“distributed denial of service” means an attack that makes use of the user or server technology to
multiply the effectiveness of the denial of service attack on one or more computer systems;
“domain name” means an alpha-numeric designation that is registered or assigned in respect of an
electronic address or other resource on the internet;
“domain name system” means a system to translate domain names into IP address or other
information;
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“Drug Enforcement Commission” means the Drug Enforcement Commission established under the