> An additional ethical issue would arise if the worm was written > as a proof of concept > and was never meant to 'escape' into the wild.... Thats a good point. What if one was to write a worm to reproduce and innoculate their own systems. IP Based, can't get out. A user plugs a laptop in, worm jumps ship, user takes laptop and plugs into another network, worm is loose?. Could a strikeback worm be 'released' and claim to be an innocent escape or a bug? > -----Original Message----- > From: full-disclosure-adminat_private > [mailto:full-disclosure-adminat_private]On Behalf Of Albert > Sunseri > Sent: Tuesday, 28 January 2003 13:10 > To: Richard M. Smith > Cc: jasoncat_private; 'Jay D. Dyson'; 'Bugtraq'; 'Full-Disclosure' > Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Re: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK > PORT 1434! abbreviated > > An additional ethical issue would arise if the worm was written > as a proof of concept > and was never meant to 'escape' into the wild.... > > Just tossin pennies, > ------------- > Albert Sunseri > Information want to be priceless > sunseriat_private > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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