> Anyway, I propose the dot-com millionaires who left us stuck > with the current mess in the spam and virus arena be > personally required to fund an international Goon Squad with > kneecap breaking instructions to go after these vandals.
And who exactly would that be? > If someone did this crap to your house, you'd have the police > and/or FBI out there in a heartbeat tracking down the > criminals. This is criminal mischief on a global scale. If you left your front door open, so that anyone could just walk in, you'd have no one but yourself to blame. If you're looking for an analogy, that's the one that fits. The reason this particular attack has been so successful is the arguably criminal negligence of so many web developers, coupled with the typical improper usage of administrator rights on untrained users' desktops. People have been harping on these two issues for years - I know I have. As a web developer, one of these issues is within your direct control. If you've failed to do anything about unparameterized queries until something bad happens to you, you've failed to meet the minimal due diligence for being a web application developer. > And if Interpol won't do anything about it, and if the powers > that be refuse to attach any form of responsibility or > traceability to the ownership of an IP address, then we may > just have to implement vigilante measures and go after the > crooks ourselves. Well, uh, good luck with that. Let me know how it goes with you against the Russian mafia. This stuff is no longer just maladjusted kids in their parents' basement - there's money to be had here, and there are people going after that money. I suggest your efforts are better directed at ensuring the adequacy of your own sites' protection instead. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:310658 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
