[42899] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The wyrms and the law.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Tue Sep 25 15:34:22 2001
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
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To: ldiffey@technologyforward.com (Larry Diffey)
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 19:57:26 +0000 (UCT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <004501c145f6$eabc12b0$6401a8c0@daystarbuilders.com> from "Larry Diffey" at Sep 25, 2001 12:18:34 PM
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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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> > Morgan Hill Software Company
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> >
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