On 10 May 2001 15:34:17 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does this make the person who fits a burglar alarm unethical? I don't think
> so. That's as daft as saying using 128bit servers encourages hackers to
> attack 40bit IIS servers (as if they need much encouragement).
Again, you've missed the correlations.
A burglar alarm and 128 bit encryption actually prevent break-ins and/or
notify you of break-ins, just like good firewall rules do and other
security practices. Turning off the advertisement of which version of a
product you're using is like taking all the markings off your vehicle in
hopes that a criminal won't realise that its valuable and move on to the
next car.
It was your reasoning that was unethical, not the request. Wanting
hackers to 'move on to the next target' is not the way the Internet has
got to where it is.
> Incidentally, I've been burgled four times in the past five years. Three of
> those were to our garage. One attempt on the garage ended in failure
> (perhaps he/she was disturbed). One attempt on the house destroyed our back
> door. This has been replaced with a security door. Someone did recently try
> to get in, but couldn't and moved on elsewhere.
>
> Hackers should do the same!
If you'd installed a camera instead, they'd be in jail, and not out
helping themselves to your neighbours' stuff.
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