full-disclosure - Re: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434!

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From: eenge at prium.net (Erik Enge)
Subject: Re: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434!

"Brett Moore" <brett@...twarecreations.co.nz> writes:

> Thats a good point. What if one was to write a worm to reproduce and
> innoculate their own systems. IP Based, can't get out. A user plugs a
> laptop in, worm jumps ship, user takes laptop and plugs into another
> network, worm is loose?.

Kinda like involuntary manslaughter, still illegal and punishable.  If
people are negligent enough to allow for the remote possibility of
escape, then they should be punished for it when that happens.

Erik.