Re: write viruses? it's controversy time of the month

["<...>" <massimo () grandmedia si>]

depends on how much you trust someone will be able to disassemble/modify it 
and re-deploy it without those restrictions...
but of course guns makers cannot be held responsible for shootings....

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
To: "Blue Boar" <BlueBoar () thievco com>
Cc: <funsec () linuxbox org>; <Blanchard_Michael () emc com>; 
<Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:31 AM
Subject: Re: [funsec] write viruses? it's controversy time of the month


> On 8/29/06, Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com> wrote:
> > Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> > > Remember - it's the *exact* same thing, morally, as if you had been 
> > > keeping
> > > a virus sample that somebody else wrote, and you whoopsed and let it 
> > > loose.
> >
> > I disagree that accidentally releasing an instance of a known virus
> > sample is as bad as releasing an instance of an unknown virus sample
> > that you crafted.
>
> What if the viruses you create are programmed to only work on a
> private IP range (10.254.127.0/24), or that expire after a certain
> date (say 1 week).
>
> Does that remove the unwanted moral hangups?
>
> -JP
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