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From: cmeeusen at bnl.gov (Meeusen, Charles D)
Subject: Symantec wants to criminalize security info
	 sharing

http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,60391,00.html

"Virus writers and hackers often learn from each other and share automated
tools and code on websites. By making it illegal to post malicious code and
information, Schwarz implied, the number of attacks would be reduced. He did
not say, though, how legislators would determine the difference between
malicious information and that used for legitimate security research, or
whether such a law might compromise freedom of speech."

-----Original Message-----
From: Gregory A. Gilliss [mailto:ggilliss@...publishing.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:23 PM
To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Symantec wants to criminalize security
info sharing

Sir:

A quick search did not obtain a citation for this comment. Do you have
one? If so, I'm sure that sseveral people will be happy to assist Mr.
Schwarz in clarifying his mistake ;-) However it would not be fair of us
to castigate a senior corporate executive with 25 years of experience with
IBM without being able to attribute his comment properly.

G

On or about 2003.09.11 09:47:07 +0000, Richard M. Smith
(rms@...puterbytesman.com) said:

> Hi,
> 
> Here's an interesting quote from John Schwarz, the COO of Symantec, in a
> Wired.com article from today:
> 
>    Just Say No to Viruses and Worms
>    http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,60391,00.html
> 
>    "But perhaps the most controversial suggestion came 
>    from John Schwarz, president and COO of antivirus 
>    firm Symantec, who called for legislation to criminalize 
>    the sharing of information and tools online that can be 
>    used by malicious hackers and virus writers." 
> 
> As we all know, when it comes to discussing information about computer
> security vulnerabilities, it is difficult to separate security uses of
> this information and hacking uses of the same information.
> 
> For example, if Symantec were to get this law passed, are they prepared
> to see their employees who work on the Bugtraq email list go to jail?
> ;-)

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