full-disclosure - RE: Symantec wants to criminalize security info sharing

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0309210318480.6100-100000@c7c8.colobox.com>
From: chris at neitzert.com (christopher neitzert)
Subject: RE: Symantec wants to criminalize security
 info sharing

With an opinion like this it is apparent to me John Schwartz obviously is 
not qualified to be the Chief anything of an information security firm.

Perhaps the share-holders should be calling for his resignation.

Chris

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Jonathan A. Zdziarski wrote:

> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:48:09 -0400
> From: Jonathan A. Zdziarski <jonathan@...learelephant.com>
> To: Bruce Ediger <eballen1@...st.net>
> Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: [Full-Disclosure] RE: Symantec wants to criminalize security
>     info sharing
> 
> An Analysis of Symantec's Stance on Censorship
> http://www.nuclearelephant.com/papers/symantec.html
> 
> In response to this report:
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/12/1063268553158.html
> 
> Where Chief Operating Officer of Symantec, John Schwarz, was quoted as
> calling for laws to make it a criminal offense to share information and
> tools online which could be used by malicious hackers and virus writers.
> 
> 
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