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Date: Fri May 13 17:44:29 2005 From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu) Subject: Benign Worms On Fri, 13 May 2005 11:13:03 CDT, k k said: (Yes, even the best of us hit 'send' too soon sometimes ;) > There is debate surrounding whether releasing benign worms such as Nachi or > Welcha, in general is ethical or not. Oh? Who has lined up on the "it's a good idea" side of the room? I suspect that "There is debate" means either: 1) The same sort of people who are still debating if the world is round or flat. 2) Ass-wipe academics who probably have never even *tried* to patch their own systems, but feel qualified to talk about doing it to other people without their prior informed consent. Given that most academics agree that "prior informed consent" is a Good Thing, it will be a true ass-wipe (even for an academic) who thinks doing it without consent is a wise idea. 3) Somebody thinks that somebody else saying "Yeah, it would be a good idea, except this long list of reasons its's bad" indicates a debate. Yes, there's quite likely overlap between the groups. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 226 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20050513/85ba9e54/attachment.bin
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