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

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

With one of Symantec's VPs the new cybersecurity director of Homeland
security, I am seriously concerned that these views radiating from the
top could become law.


On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 23:20, christopher neitzert wrote:
> 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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