RE: ping and SUID (was: Derek's been hacked)

[Jerry Eckert]

| It's like putting antibiotics into chicken feed.  It might temporarily
| decrease the spread of certain types of bacteria in improperly cooked
| food, but in the long run, the bacteria develop resistance, and then
| we're back where we're started.  And you'll notice that scientists have
| made the argument that it's better not to put antibiotics in chicken
| feed if it isn't going to stop the bacteria in the long run.  This is a
| similar situation.
|
|                                                 - Ted

This is a totally inaccurate analogy.  Misuse/overuse of antibiotics in
veterinary settings can result in human infection with antibiotic resistant
bacteria.  Comparing human (or even animal) death to computer crashes is
totally absurd.

Jerry


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