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Compromised machines liable for damage?
From: Dave Pooser <dave.nanog () alfordmedia com>
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 23:04:33 -0500
This should be another thread completely, but I am wondering about the liability of the individual's who have owned machines that are attacking me/my clients.
As a practical matter, I'd expect it to be difficult to try. Convincing a jury that running a PHP version that's three months out of date constitutes gross negligence because you should have read about the vulnerability on the Web might be... tricky. Especially when you have to explain to the jury what PHP is. Dueling expert witnesses arguing about best practice, poor confused webmaster/Amway distributor looking bewildered at all this technical talk ("I figgered I just buy Plesk and I was good to go. I dunno nothin' about PHP. Isn't that a drug?") Not to mention working out what percentage of the damages you suffered should come from each host. But yeah, I'd like to see it tried. Lawyering up is one of our core competencies here in the USA; maybe we could use it for good instead of evil. -- Dave Pooser Manager of Information Services Alford Media http://www.alfordmedia.com
Current thread:
- Re: Destructive botnet originating from Japan, (continued)
- Re: Destructive botnet originating from Japan Richard A Steenbergen (Dec 25)
- Re: Destructive botnet originating from Japan Gadi Evron (Dec 25)
- Re: Destructive botnet originating from Japan Hannigan, Martin (Dec 25)
- Re: Destructive botnet originating from Japan Randy Bush (Dec 25)
- Re: Destructive botnet originating from Japan Rubens Kuhl Jr. (Dec 25)
- Re: Destructive botnet originating from Japan Jon Lewis (Dec 25)
- Re: Destructive botnet originating from California (was Japan) Barrett G. Lyon (Dec 25)
- Re: Destructive botnet originating from California (was Japan) Rob Thomas (Dec 25)
- Re: Destructive botnet originating from California (was Japan) Jon Lewis (Dec 25)
- Re: Destructive botnet originating from California (was Japan) Barrett G. Lyon (Dec 26)
- Compromised machines liable for damage? Dave Pooser (Dec 25)
- Re: Compromised machines liable for damage? Gadi Evron (Dec 26)
- Re: Compromised machines liable for damage? Barrett G . Lyon (Dec 26)
- Re: Compromised machines liable for damage? Peter Dambier (Dec 26)
- Re: Compromised machines liable for damage? Daniel Senie (Dec 26)