What is the next stage? Jalining people who write "proof of concept" exploit code? Punish Fyodor for writing nmap or maybe prosecute the nessus team?
If the guy wrote the code and intentionally released the worm and infected half of the Internet then he is guilty, but that remains to be proven. Nobody has cancelled the presumtion of innocence yet!
My personal opinion is that more blame should be put on M$. But where would the security industry be if not for Microsoft's products :)
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Tobias Weisserth wrote:
Hi harry,
On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 14:33, harry wrote:
Tobias Weisserth wrote: <snip>
I find your "explanation" why this author of a virus should be treated any different than other authors somehow illogical. The Sasser author has done nothing to foster security. So there is really no need for the security scene to support him.
there is one other thing...
he is correct when he says that Microsoft will say it's completely the worm writer's fault.
It IS completely the author's fault. HE wrote it, HE caused the damages and HE violated German law. As much as MS products suck, MS has done nothing illegal.
BUT i think Microsoft should be punished too for having so many security holes. they had to patch it faster.
A patch to this problem has been available for at least two weeks prior to the release of the worm. So what's your boundary when you speak of "earlier"? A month? A year? Should the exploitation of a bug be legal if the vendor doesn't offer a patch in time?! That's the direction you're pushing here.
who's fault is it really when you buy a door, you lock it, but a burglar finds a way to easily open it, comes in and tells you...
Nobody asked the "burglar" to do this. He broke law. He caused damages. And he certainly didn't improve your security by doing so when the door vendor already offered a patch for your door two weeks ago.
There's just no way you can justify the action of this idiot by blaming MS.
I say this idiot has to be punished and punished to the full extend law allows. Maybe this deters other idiots to do the same.
Tobias W.
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