RE: [MLUG] New Worms Seek And Destroy Code Red (sorry for the humor)

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Honestly, I would rather it be illegal to put anything on someone's computer
without their expressed permission, as there is no guarantee this new worm
will stick to the infected PC's.  Most likely it just seeks the same
vulnerabilities that Code Red did, in which case it could wind up infecting
uninfected computers and installing a fix which could later become a worse
exploit.  I also have enough trouble keeping my PC running without programs
I'm not aware of eating up memory, and we don't need another
bandwidth-hogging worm, even if it is 'beneficial.'  My comment about the
cannibalistic worm was sarcastic, as the worm is clearly not legal, even if
benign.  In short, good or bad worm developers: stick to your own box, don't
touch mine.  The law falls clearly behind that statement, though not with
very steep penalties.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mikhail Kovalenko [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 8:02 AM
To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
Subject: Re: [MLUG] New Worms Seek And Destroy Code Red


"Gants, Mark E. (UMC-Student)" wrote:
> 
> This is actually a "hot topic" with anti virus companies/software. On one
> hand you have companies creating "good worms" that fix the stuff that
others
> are too lazy to fix. And on the other hand, you are violating legal use
> laws. How do you really determine if your "good worm" is doing nothing buy
> good for everyone? How can you prove it?

"Use the source, Luke". And hire an attorney to write it up for the
judge if you can't write ;)

You may be violating legal use laws Internet-wide, but as long as it is
contained within your network (which is up to you), you're just
defending your bandwidth from those suckers. You pay for it, thus you
should be able to utilize whatever tools necessary to protect it. If
only those worms were officially sanctioned by Time-Warner and AT&T,
nobody would say a word.

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MK
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