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Date: Sat May 14 17:32:54 2005 From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu) Subject: Benign Worms On Fri, 13 May 2005 15:49:56 PDT, Benjamin Franz said: > On Fri, 13 May 2005, Eric Paynter wrote: > > > On Fri, May 13, 2005 9:59 am, Michael Holstein said: > >>> 3. If not, what prevents you from doing that? > >> Any worm/virus, regardless of intent, is still illegal -- and I don't > >> think I can get a DSL line in jail. > > > > Not true. Intent is *everything* as far a criminal activity is concerned. > > Don't quit your day job to work as a lawyer. There are a many laws that > turn on facts rather than intent. Even if you *do* manage to code the worm correctly, all it takes is for *one* person visiting your site to have plugged their laptop into the net, and you're at least potentially screwed. And I posit that if your network is either small enough or run *that* fascistly that you are ready to swear on a Bible in court, under penalty of perjury, that you *know* everything that's connected to it, then you don't need a worm to fix it. -------------- 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/20050514/d7a32361/attachment.bin
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