C'mon Larry, you and I know that your comments below were made purely for flame value.
'He loosed an attack he had good reason to believe would do damage to innumerable people...' You're a journalist...no, you're an *editor*. Your statement above is far too general to be of any substance. Damage? To people? None that I saw. I understand that Sasser annoyed the shit out of a whole mess of sysadmins and security boffins, but I didn't see it damage anyone. Don't use the power of creative writing to cloud an issue Larry. Businesses had to spend some more on overtime. Some businesses lost money because they couldn't conduct business, but 'innumerable people' damaged? Not likely. If you honestly believe that this person should be in gaol for a long time, then you'd best start lobbying for more prisons, because there are plenty out there doing similar things in other fields that should be in gaol too (according to your opinion). Oh, one more thing, 'loosed an attack' You should be writing for the CNN Iraq team, not a computer security section in eWeek. Cheers, Brad -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Seltzer Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 3:29 AM To: 'Barry Fitzgerald' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Scandal: IT Security firm hires the author of Sasser worm >>He wrote a worm. Big freaking deal. Yeah, very big freaking deal. He loosed an attack he had good reason to believe would do damage to innumerable people all over the world. He belongs in jail and for a long time, if only to send a message that such behavior is wrong. And anyone who trusts him with their computers is an idiot. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blog.ziffdavis.com/seltzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
