full-disclosure - Symantec wants to criminalize security info sharing

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From: jonathan at nuclearelephant.com (Jonathan A. Zdziarski)
Subject: Symantec wants to criminalize security info
	sharing

> Just Say No to Viruses and Worms", Schwarz was quoted as calling
> for laws to make it a criminal offence to share information and
> tools online which could be used by malicious hackers and virus
> writers. "

The DMCA made it illegal to publish cracks and key generators for
copyrighted software...look at the good it did - none whatsoever.  When
are we ever going to learn from our mistakes.