Time and time again I see the same thing "put the [h|cr]acker in jail and
throw away the key. its their fault, not the admins".
That way of thinking would be justifiable (sp?) in a perfect world, but as
we all know, this world isnt perfect. There will always be the rogue element
in existance. Should they be punished for their actions? Absolutely. But
what about something constructive? Instead of locking them up for years and
forgetting about them, how about they do some community service. Help clean
up a neighborhood, or have them give lectures on security?
Admins and end-users need to start taking some responsibility for themselves
too. All too often they want their hands to be held. Is it the hackers fault
for breaking into your system and doing whatever to it? Yes. But it is also
your fault for not keeping up to date on security. If you cant handle it,
perhaps you shouldnt be an admin.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurth Bemis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Max Vision to get 18 Months
> ah - isn't just like our goverment?
>
> gee - rat on your fiends, help us and we'll let you go free <wink><wink>.
> but if you don't do extacly as we say we'll throw your sorry ass in jail.
>
> what about the ILOVEYOU.vbs worm/virus? Can you really hold on person
> because the majority of people choose to use MS email clients. Many
people
> asked what they could do to avoid this virus.....i told them to use eudora
> or pc-pine. nobody did and we made a killing on virus cleanup. why didn't
> they change e-mail clients...they didn't feel like downloading eudora or
> whatever other reason that people think of. Because of that laziness, a
> lot of people lost a lot of money. (corps and people)
>
> you can't hold one person responsible for somebody else's poor
> administration skills. Its similar to a mother(the goverment, the people)
> holding colt(Max Vision) responsible because her 5 year fould the gun a
> blew off his hand.(because sysadmins run BIND "Buggy Internet Name Deamon"
> that is insecure)
>
> or the lady the burned herself with mickey dees coffee because she's a
> moron. for about 3 months after she sued, everybody had to suffer with
> lukeworm coffee.
>
> arg. people. don't get me started :-)
>
> ~kurth
>
>
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