RE: [Full-Disclosure] Authorities eye MSBlaster suspect

["Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls@utdallas.edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: morning_wood [mailto:se_cur_ity@hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:04 PM
> To: Schmehl, Paul L; full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com
> Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Authorities eye MSBlaster suspect
>  
> > So you would blame murder victims for being in the wrong place?  Or 
> > rape victims for wearing the wrong clothing?
> > 
> > Nice set of ethics there.
> 
> NO !!!
> i think you mixed the top portion of my post with the "poor me" 
> examples on the bottom, i blame the person that commits the 
> act gimme a break, and quit trying to miscontrue things Paul
> 
What did I misconstrue?  You stated that you believed that admins were
at fault for worm infections.  I quote, "It seems to me that it is each
admins responsiblity, if they were affected ( infected ) not the coder."

What about your statement quoted here did I misconstrue?  Admins are
affected by worms the same way that a crime victim is affected by the
crime committed against them.  Some argue they were in the wrong place
or they were dressed wrong or they should have known better than to be
where the criminal was.  Your argument is essentially the same, is it
not?

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ 

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