RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses

[Alex Eckelberry <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

Now the action has moved to BroadBand reports, where there is a raging
debate both in favor and against CR's testing methodology.  

Surprisingly, it seems that there are some who actually think CR did a
good thing. 

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16725030


Alex Eckelberry
 

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Blue Boar
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:57 PM
To: Drsolly
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test'
Viruses

Drsolly wrote:
> No, I'm saying that there's an Intelligent Designer behind the 
> viruses, and your purpose isn't the purpose of the virus authors, and 
> you would design different viruses from the ones they would design.

OK, I'm not sure what would be qualitatively different about me the
virus author, versus the natural self-selected population of virus
authors, but at least I understand your position better.  For the
record, I wasn't trying to hint that I could write some
uber-polymorphic-super virus.  I'm under the impression that I could
write some 80's-style file infecter, and as long as it's original, it
wouldn't be detected.

                                        BB
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