full-disclosure - Authorities eye MSBlaster suspect

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Message-ID: <3F4F8036.3040200@nur.net>
From: jeremiah at nur.net (Jeremiah Cornelius)
Subject: Authorities eye MSBlaster suspect

Stephen Clowater wrote:

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>Throw him in prison for a while...he caused alot of hedache, downtime, damage, 
>and most importantly, the never ending msblaster thread on FD!
>
>Stupidity should be punished, this guy wrote a crappy worm, shot his mouth off 
>about it, and then got caught. Make an example out of him so at least other 
>virus writers will learn that if they write the virus, they should shut up 
>about it.
>
I suspect that the poor boy's efforts greatly raised the full-time 
employment prospects of many on this list.  This lad had good 
intentions, if flawed in his reasonong and execution.

He /did/ put to the test a theory that has choked this list and others 
for a few years.  I suspect we won't be subjected to any more drivel 
about a "good worm" for some while now... ;-)

-- 
Jeremiah Cornelius, CISSP, CCNA, MCSE
farm9.com Security
<mailto:jc@...m9.com>
"Administration for Windows networks is similar to maintaining a 12-year 
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