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Microsoft Calls Viruses "Industrial Terrorism"
evenprime writes: "John Ashcroft wants congress to
declare computer crimes to be terrorism, and now
it looks like microsoft is trying to jump on the
bandwagon. In a recent column discussing microsoft's
new
STPP security program, microsoft's Michael Lane
Thomas stated that destructive viruses should be recognized
as acts of 'industrial terrorism.' Sounds like microsoft's
future security plans may depend more on legislation than
on code audits."
...if i leave my back door unlocked and hanging wide open, and somebody robs me blind while i sit by and watch them do it, am i a victim of terrorism? Fuck no. Am i a victim of my own poor judgement and stupid decisions? Absolutely. So where does Gates and Co. get off calling this terrorism when they basically invite hackers to do their worst?
Sounds like another desperate attempt at grabbing some public sympathy during a time of crisis. Pity that Microsoft's million-dollar PR department couldn't come up with something better.
The mindless Microsoft bashing is getting old. There are plenty of vendors who are slower in putting out security patches etc. and after all; it is your server, it is up to you to check for security patches and download them. What do you want; Microsoft to send a fast chopper
to your place of business and hold your hand while you do it?
Don't even start, oh masses of Linux lusers. Linux is one of the least secure OSes; it's main security "strength" is that most people loathe it too much to use it.
Linux is seure? It's the most hacked OS on the Internet according to the last study I saw.. Redhat 6.2 to be precise. A Debian developer probably needs his dick held to take a leak! Yep apt-get. Great idea, like some half-arsed program that could be replaced by a little Perl script is going to resolve a distribution with so many dependency issues? And forgive me if this is against your indoctrination into the Debian Guild, but to me a distribution that cares more about politics than technical soundness, reliability or useability, isn't worth the price of the CDs it comes on.