full-disclosure - Scandal: IT Security firm hires the author of Sasser worm

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Message-ID: <64ECF3CC-0B4A-11D9-84EA-000A956E2170@collab.net>
From: jrepenning at collab.net (Jack Repenning)
Subject: Scandal: IT Security firm hires the author of Sasser worm

On Sep 20, 2004, at 11:35 AM, Fred Newtz wrote:

>>>  The penalties have to be such that one is deterred from committing 
>>> a crime.
>>>  Well...
>
>
> This has never worked before, just look at NYC and the drug laws 
> there.  Shoot, how come the death penalty does not deter people from 
> committing murder?

No system is perfect.  But if you're suggesting that no laws have any 
effect at all, I think you need much broader anecdotal support.



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