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

[Gregory Hicks <ghicks () cadence com>]

> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:00:00 -0500
> From: "Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>
> To: massimo () grandmedia si
> Subject: Re: [funsec] write viruses? it's controversy time of the month
> Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
>
> On 8/29/06, <...> <massimo () grandmedia si> wrote:
> > 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....
>
> So, what antivirus was last used to prevent a crime or save a life?
>
> Surely you can do better than making a *seemingly* ignorant comment to
> stir the pot - or is the virus thread that boring?

Not at all boring.  It's dead.  We beat it to death several threads ago.
We're just trying to make sure that it won't resurrect any time soon.

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