[Full-Disclosure] DCOM/RPC story (Analogy)

[Schmehl, Paul L]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kristian Hermansen [mailto:khermansen at ht-technology.com] 
> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 10:47 AM
> To: Full Disclosure
> Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] DCOM/RPC story (Analogy)
> 
> 
> Yeah, you are correct about him still being responsible in 
> legal terms...but I still think that he is getting more than 
> he deserves.  And another great point you made was this:
> 
> > he is going to pay for the the MS Blaster AND sobig virus attacks 
> > because I'm sure most people don't even know or remember the 
> > difference between the two of them.
> >
> > jb
> 
> This is most likely true and is very sad.  Yes, the kid 
> committed a crime, but the punishment far exceeds the crime.

The kid hasn't even been formally charged yet, much less gone to trial
or been convicted, so your statement is meaningless at best.
  
> Enron executives lie/cheat/steal, governments 
> execute/murder/overthrow, Martha Stewart intentionally 
> swindles stock holders out of mucho ca$h and none of these 
> people have received the punishment that they all deserve. 

Neither the Enron execs nor Martha Stewart have been to trial yet, so
how can you even say this?
 
> The sad truth is that money talks. Wealth is power in this 
> world and if you don't have it you're just another cow in the 
> field...being herded along by thoses who have wealth and 
> power - it's fu3king sad...
> 
This is quite a leap from "18 year-old arrested for creating blaster
variant".  Don't you think you ought to wait for the results before
bemoaning them?

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