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Message-ID: <200505132137.j4DLbwO1027985@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Date: Fri May 13 22:38:10 2005 From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu) Subject: Benign Worms On Fri, 13 May 2005 15:43:44 CDT, "J.A. Terranson" said: > > On Fri, 13 May 2005, k k wrote: > > > There is debate surrounding whether releasing benign worms such as Nachi or > > Welcha, > > First off, lets get something straight: Neither of your two examples was > in any way "benign". Both of these cost carriers and their customers > *billions* of dollars. Many of us spent weeks with little to no sleep > cleaning up the mess these "benign viruses" created. He confused "Once upon a time, some of us thought it might be a good idea, until we thought it through and realized it was a Bad Idea. Unfortunately, newbies keep falling out of trees and re-inventing Bad Ideas" with "this is a topic where clued reputable people can hold different opinions on the issue". -------------- 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/ad569914/attachment.bin
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