full-disclosure - BlueBoar - 'Evil' Vendors Strike Back

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From: security at updegrove.net (security@...egrove.net)
Subject: BlueBoar - 'Evil' Vendors Strike Back

> "Dehner, Benjamin T." <Btd@...mont.com> writes:
>
>> This seems to be equivalent to saying the policemen are the cause of
>> evil in our society.  If everyone was a law-abiding citizen, they
>> would be out of business, so they actually encourage crime.

> Florian Weimer <Weimer@...T.Uni-Stuttgart.DE> writes:
>
> Law enforcement is not a business.  Many parts of computer security are,
> and I too think that's part of the problem.

law enforcement, especially the war on drugs and now the war on terror,
most definitely is a business.

There are $749.1 million in the FY03 Homeland Security Budget Request.

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2002/9876.htm