> Viewing this as a rape case, if a girl was hanging out on a > street corner and asking passers-by to rape her, then, yes, > she bears some responsibility for putting herself in that > situation. It doesn't mean the one who rapes her doesn't > bear the greater responsibility for the situation, and, > therefore, punishment, but a fair judge would have to ask the > girl why was she asking passers-by to rape her in the first place. > > Girls should reasonably avoid provoking rapists, and rapists > should resist their impulses. > > Likewise, server/website admins should reasonably protect > their servers and websites, but hackers should avoid their > impulses or share responsibility for the situation.
This is a poor example, because there are issues of negligence that exist in a professional setting (employee/employer or consultant/client) that don't exist in a personal setting (hanging out on a street corner). Unwise actions aren't necessary negligent in the eyes of the law. 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:310735 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
