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> -----Original Message----- > From: Adi Linden [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: February 7, 2004 12:54 AM > To: Vivien M. > Cc: 'Michel Py'; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Stopping open proxies and open relays > > > > If stricter laws on computers forced even 50% of people to start > > caring a little more, wouldn't that be progress? The day a > couple of > > grandmothers get taken away in handcuffs because a script > kiddie took > > up residence in her computer is the day a few people will > wake up to > > the fact that computers need regular maintenance... > > The the script kiddie gets taken away in handcuffs and lined > up for the > electric chair is when we see progress. I think you're confusing the > criminal and the victim! I have no objection to the electric chair for script kiddies, but tracing them seems to be somewhat challenging sometimes. Identifying people who don't maintain their computers is usually easier :) And no, I'm not confusing the criminal and the victim. If you leave a loaded handgun on your front porch and I come along and take it, then shoot your neighbour's kid with it, then I would expect both you and I to be prosecuted (though not for the same crime, of course). Vivien -- Vivien M. [email protected] Assistant System Administrator Dynamic Network Services, Inc. http://www.dyndns.org/
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