full-disclosure - Sasser author

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Message-ID: <40A49AB1.6030401@kallisti.se>
From: hdw at kallisti.se (Anders B Jansson)
Subject: Sasser author

list@...og.org wrote:
> Hello.
> Earl Keyser wrote:
>> Let's be clear.  Sasser violates networks and causes grief.
 >
> you missed one point: Sasser only violates *unpatched* networks, not 
> networks in general.
> 
Point not missed at all.

Probing a network for vulnerabilities with the intent to use the found 
holes for sabotage (without the owners consent) is a criminal act.

And stop this silly mumbling about Sasser being created as warning or 
heads up.

Sasser was created to create havoc, nothing else.

// hdw