At 05:44 PM 2/18/00 -0800, Ryan Russell wrote: >> That's what happens when you damage someone. All of a sudden, the worn out >> car you'd sell for $1000 becomes a well-maintained collector's item worth >> at least $5000. >> I agree with Marcus - once the vandals are caught, they ought to sue them >> back into the stone age. >OK then, what's fair damages for writing Internet Scanner, an evil haxor >tool? It is all a matter of usage. If I use a hammer to build a building, I get paid. If I use it to smash windshields, I get thrown in jail. There isn't any law against checking security of your own systems. There is a law against breaking into other people's systems. At least ISS made a good faith effort to keep the Scanner's licensing such that it at least slowed the crackers down for a while before they could use it. That's more than I can say for several other auditing tool vendors. This really has nothing to do that I can see with the current discussion. >How about releasing the "firewall" toolkit full of holes? I have no idea what you're talking about. fwtk? ISS' 'firewall scanner' stuff? >$100M >each? I hope you're joking. If so, you should have put <g> liberally. David LeBlanc dleblancat_private
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