Killing Others' Malicious Processes

Roland Piquepaille writes "This opinion is not mine, but the one of Tim Mullen, from SecurityFocus Online. In this story, he expresses some strong ideas regarding systems infected by worms. "I believe you should have the right to neutralize a worm process running on someone else's infected system, if it's relentlessly attacking your network. I've even written code to demonstrate the process. Though the initial news coverage of the concept was grossly inaccurate in conveying my ideas, it has stirred up a constructive dialog. I knew my idea was controversial, but I was wrong about something -- I figured everyone in the security biz would "get it" and that the hard part would be convincing everyone else that if they can't or won't secure their machines, we as the defenders would have the right to terminate the process attacking us. It has turned out to be the opposite." The author then looks at the criticisms about this strikeback idea raised by some security experts -- to dismiss them of course. Check this column for a summary or read the original story for more details."

Comments

Deja vu

[wiggys]

Another repeat.

Another repeat.

Another repeat.

Re:Deja vu

[Stigmata669]

STFU stupid fucking troll. If you think hearing the article twice is bad, imagine having to hear your stupid ass every time any article is repeated.

Re:Deja vu

[wiggys]

Every time? This is the first time I've EVER pointed out an article was a repeat. Why don't you climb back into the stupid tree, you seem to have snapped a few branches the last time you fell out of it. FWIW, my article was on-topic (poor moderation!).

Re:keep idiots off the net...

[Anonymous Coward]

That would be great. Then my wife wouldn't have to go over my father-in-law's house every two weeks to fix his box when he clicks on some email attachment (despite our rants telling him not to).

Where have I heard this before?

[asb]

Let's think about this for a while.

How does this scenario resemble the situation in Afghanistan?