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Spyware becomes increasingly malicious
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Sun Jul 11 23:14:48 2004
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:14:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Spyware isn't the best term for what is happening, but it is quickly
exceeding (or contributing) to all the other problems associated with
the online (not just Internet) world.
You probably need to be a paid subscriber or visit a public library
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB108958290808760730,00.html
By Lee Gomes
Wall Street Journal, July 12 2004
Spyware was never a good thing, but lately it has gotten a whole lot
worse. For many people, it has become a bigger problem than spam, and
one more reason to regret being online.
What did the future look like a year ago, Blaster had just hit and
spyware wasn't as bad? The R&E community has some interesting ideas.
Security at Line Speed Workshop
http://apps.internet2.edu/sals/2003aug/presentations.html
Terry Gray's "disconnect: security in the post-Internet era"
identifies some of the consequences. Jim Rothfuss's "protection
of an Open computing environment" covers some of the tools they
use.
But scaling remains an issue. Who should control your personal computer?
