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

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Blue Boar to Valdis:

> > 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.

I agree that it is _not quite_ as morally bad.

But, from a security researcher perspective, it is equally telling -- 
it shows that you are incompetent to handle such code and cannot be 
trusted with senstive material.


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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