[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Re: [MLUG] New Worms Seek And Destroy Code Red

[Mikhail Kovalenko <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Moved to Discussions...

"Ross, Matt" wrote:
> 
> Almost any.  They would complain that you should have left it for the real
> firemen, instead of breaking down the door and causing all sorts of damage.
> If permitted, it would lead to exploitations in which a robber burns the
> area around what he steals, and claims the fire burned it and he put out the
> fire.  Emergency Services have a special license to break and enter, and
> even then, only after proper procedure has been followed.

To put my thoughts in the "house fire" analogy, would I break into your
house to put out your fire *if it was about to spread to my house*? You
bet! If there's a real danger of your computer infecting mine (and
causing damage), there's no way I'll be sitting and waiting for the
infection. This discussion seems to have taken a turn where the original
Code Red infection is something that's accepted as inevitable, and it
doesn't have to be that way. Then the 'benign' worm will have nothing to
with your computer at all.

> Let's face it, judges and juries aren't
> typically computer literate enough to realize your code won't cause damage,
> even if the best program annalists in the world explain it to them.  People
> are a lot less receptive to you breaking in to fix code than stop a fire.

See my earlier post about having a lawyer explain it to them. Yes, it
will take some work.

> You being computer literate, would you rather know you've been infected, or
> would you rather find out later when the infection starts causing problems?

Let's be realistic here. How would I know if I'm infected *unless* I run
a virus scanner *or* see the first effects of the virus? That's by
design. Would you re-phrase the question?

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MK
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