Sir: A quick search did not obtain a citation for this comment. Do you have one? If so, I'm sure that sseveral people will be happy to assist Mr. Schwarz in clarifying his mistake ;-) However it would not be fair of us to castigate a senior corporate executive with 25 years of experience with IBM without being able to attribute his comment properly.
G On or about 2003.09.11 09:47:07 +0000, Richard M. Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > Hi, > > Here's an interesting quote from John Schwarz, the COO of Symantec, in a > Wired.com article from today: > > Just Say No to Viruses and Worms > http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,60391,00.html > > "But perhaps the most controversial suggestion came > from John Schwarz, president and COO of antivirus > firm Symantec, who called for legislation to criminalize > the sharing of information and tools online that can be > used by malicious hackers and virus writers." > > As we all know, when it comes to discussing information about computer > security vulnerabilities, it is difficult to separate security uses of > this information and hacking uses of the same information. > > For example, if Symantec were to get this law passed, are they prepared > to see their employees who work on the Bugtraq email list go to jail? > ;-) -- Gregory A. Gilliss Telephone: 1 650 872 2420 Computer Engineering E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Security ICQ: 123710561 Software Development WWW: http://www.gilliss.com/greg/ PGP Key fingerprint 2F 0B 70 AE 5F 8E 71 7A 2D 86 52 BA B7 83 D9 B4 14 0E 8C A3 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
