Re: UK gov sets rules for hacker tool ban

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On Jan 2, 2008 8:41 PM, Richard M. Smith <rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:
> The UK government has published guidelines for the application of a law that
> makes it illegal to create or distribute so-called "hacking tools".

Ok this story made me rewrite my predictions for 2008:

1:) The UK and Germanic security talent will move to SeaLand and take
over the reins of leadership in the World InfoSec Community.

2:) 2008 is declared the The Year of Ajax Exploits and as a result
"Jython on Rails" is adopted by almost every Web2.0 vendor.

3:) CourtTV's new show "Tiger Team" will cause a wave of US Soccer
Moms to "haxor the planet" and hold all the worlds economies for
ransom after joining the Germanic and UK security talent on Sealand.

4:) IPv6 will still not be widely implemented and IPv4 will still not
be efficiently implemented. Angst continues to be reflected on nanog,
as IPv6 Allocation Threads take up 5% of all computer storage devices.

5:) More virus def updates will continue to quarantine files as AV/AS
vendors work on their heuristics. These will not quarantine system
files, but rather every digital copy of the YouTube video "man racks
himself with skateboard". The AV/AS vendors join the Soccer Moms and
EU security experts on SeaLand and quadruple the ransom on the Worlds
economies for the safe return of said video.

6:) err, Vista.. making a screaming comeback, takes over 100% of the
workstation market... Yeah, that sounds about right..

-JP
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