Too true, and I admit anything I write is probably swiss-cheese crap for several iterations whenever I try something new or improved.
What I was attempting to say is that when you live in the ghetto and get robbed because you forgot to lock your door, /SOME/ of the blame falls on you. Just my view. I hate to start a flame war or a snowball this topic into 9000 posts, mail me directly if you wish. On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 12:31, Corey Hart wrote: > To write flawed code is one thing. To write code to expose flawed code > is another thing. To write code to take advantage of the flawed code and > to cause damage to machines all over the world is a crime and the person > who wrote that should be brought to justice. > > My 2 cents. > > > Eric Bowser wrote: > > > What about a bounty for the original engineer who wrote the flawed OS > > components? > > > > On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 10:02, Vic Vandal wrote: > > > M$ is offering $250K for info leading to the arrest of those > > > who released Blaster and/or Sobig. See the details here: > > > http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-5102110.html?tag=nefd_top > > > > > > One outcome of this will be severely limiting bragging about > > > pulling off such sploits. > > > And one would think those actually guilty should be real busy > > > right now erasing any/all evidence (that they didn't take care > > > of long ago). > > > > > > Maybe M$ should put out a bounty for reporting bugs in their > > > crappy software without going public instead. That might be > > > more effective. > > > > > > Peace, > > > Vic > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > -- > > Eric J. Bowser > > 330.658.9858 direct > > 330.658.0123 fax > > > > i-TRAP Internet Security Services > > 888-658-TRAP toll-free > > 330.658.1040 local > > www.i-trap.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > -- Eric J. Bowser 330.658.9858 direct 330.658.0123 fax i-TRAP Internet Security Services 888-658-TRAP toll-free 330.658.1040 local www.i-trap.net _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html