[48759] in Cypherpunks
Re: KOH "Helpful" Crypto Virus
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Tue Jan 30 22:34:59 1996
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 19:25:14 -0800
To: Laszlo Vecsey <master@internexus.net>
From: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
At 21:29 1/30/96, Laszlo Vecsey wrote:
>> While you are at it, you might also want to pick up their famous collection
>> CD-ROM full of virus code, live viruses, virus creation engines, etc. From
>> their catalog: "For starters, you get a fantastic virus collection
>> consisting of 574 families [...] about 3700 carefully tested and cataloged
>> viruses in all...$99 + $5 S&H.
>>
>
>I take it its completely legal to set up a Virus ftp site then?
AFIK, in the US it is legal to set up a virus ftp site. I don't know if
someone has actually done it. Don't count on it lasting. Some European
countries have already outlawed virus (read knowledge) distribution.
-- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com>
PGP encrypted mail preferred.
