Re: security industry software license

["Freeman Y." <freeman_y () lavabit com>]

Do you really think that the "bad guys" wouldn't be able to obtain 
Metasploit if they really wanted to..?
Come on, you're talking about hackers here.
Anything and everything can be a weapon, in the wrong hands. A 
screwdriver can be lethal, but it is also used to turn screws.
Better to make the security of the software out there better through 
pen-testing with Metasploit so everybody is safer.

n3td3v wrote:
> there should be a central license that people apply for to use
> software like metasploit.
>
> all the *respected* programmers would require the license before you
> get to download.
>
> anyone can apply for a licence, however only those who meet the
> criteria get given the licence.
>
> background checks are done on you to see you are who you say you are.
>
> that you're not a cyber criminal or terrorist, and that you're going
> to be using the software for the intentions of which the product was
> designed.
>
> verbal contracts never hold ground, saying, this software is for
> testing purposes isn't any guarantee that the bad guys won't use the
> software.
>
> we need a centralised security industry software license scheme so the
> good guys can take full advantage of the tools made by creators of
> security software, while shuttering the bad guys out.
>
> to rely on a "verbal contract" for security software as a safe guard
> is no longer enough for the security industry in light of metasploit
> and other borderline "evil" purpose software.
>
> its time that members of the industry work together to form such a
> scheme, to insure a streamline programme that all the good guys can be
> part of, only letting the good guys use the software for good
> purposes.
>
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