Re: The wyrms and the law.

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

 its worse than that.... :)

 releasing buggy software that increases your systems vulnerability
 might fall within the boundary of "terrorist acts".

 


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roeland Meyer" <rmeyer () mhsc com>
> To: "NANOG (E-mail)" <nanog () merit edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 11:04 AM
> Subject: The wyrms and the law.
>
>
> > Life just got more interesting for the crackers.
> >
> > http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257
> >
> > Yesterday a new virus was announced on the news. It's only an email virus,
> > but in light of the above, the timing is interesting. The bar is being
> > raised. Between Code Red and Nimda, the past few months have been most
> > interesting, network-wise. By any stretch of the imagination, wyrm
> spawning
> > falls well within the boundary of "terrorist acts".
> >
> > The idea is that; to coerce behavior, via threat of harm or direct action
> to
> > commit harm, is an act of terrorism. There goes the argument that crackers
> > are doing us all a favor by exploiting security holes.
> >
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