RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

Exploit code doesn't self replicate... 


Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
4400 Computer Dr. 
Westboro, MA 01580 


-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Larry Seltzer
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:53 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: RE: [funsec] Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses

> > I once spent an afternoon trying to craft an unkillable process...

You've got a point. I'm sure far more damage has been done to innocent
third parties by "researchers" writing exploit code for vulnerabilities
than by virus researchers. 

So why is writing test viruses never excusable but exploit writers are
somehow doing the industry a service?

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blog.eweek.com/blogs/larry%5Fseltzer/
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larryseltzer () ziffdavis com 

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