Re: OS X Viruses...
Re: OS X Viruses...
- Subject: Re: OS X Viruses...
- From: "Randy B. Singer" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 22:42:12 -0700
Jared said:
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On Monday, July 29, 2002, at 12:42 AM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
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> I've run across this type of Web site before. Could anyone possibly be
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> more imbecilic than to put up a Web page that tells folks what it would
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> take to write malicious code, complete with examples?! Anyone that
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> unbelievably asinine should be euthanized.
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I could be wrong, but isn't that how most security breaches are fixed?
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Someone finds a way to make a system vulnerable and publishes his/her
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results. That forces the developer to act on it so those vulnerabilities
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aren't an issue anymore.
All that is necessary would be to inform Apple (privately) about any
potential security breach. It is in Apple's best interest to fix any
potential security hole, if one exists. I'm an attorney and I can tell
you that allowing such a security hole to exist after being informed of
it presents a huge potential liability problem for a software company
such as Apple. Informing them privately should be all that one needs to
do.
(Of course, if they then refused to remedy the situation, publicizing it
might then be a good idea. But even in that instance it would be a
totally asinine act to publish example code.)
Posting instructions and examples of how to create malicious code on the
Web, so that children who otherwise wouldn't think of it, or who wouldn't
have otherwise gone through the trouble, is beyond being irresponsible.
In fact, I believe that it amounts to criminal behavior.
Randy B. Singer
Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)
"I was pulled over in Massachusetts for reckless driving. When brought
before the judge, I was asked if I knew what the punishment for drunk
driving in that state was. I said, "I don't know... reelection to the
Senate?" -EMO PHILIPS
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