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Re: Benign Worms
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 12:30:41 -0400
On Fri, 13 May 2005 15:49:56 PDT, Benjamin Franz said:
On Fri, 13 May 2005, Eric Paynter wrote:On Fri, May 13, 2005 9:59 am, Michael Holstein said:3. If not, what prevents you from doing that?Any worm/virus, regardless of intent, is still illegal -- and I don't think I can get a DSL line in jail.Not true. Intent is *everything* as far a criminal activity is concerned.Don't quit your day job to work as a lawyer. There are a many laws that turn on facts rather than intent.
Even if you *do* manage to code the worm correctly, all it takes is for *one* person visiting your site to have plugged their laptop into the net, and you're at least potentially screwed. And I posit that if your network is either small enough or run *that* fascistly that you are ready to swear on a Bible in court, under penalty of perjury, that you *know* everything that's connected to it, then you don't need a worm to fix it.
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