At the company-wide meeting about the acquisition, Symantec president John Schwarz said repeatedly that Symantec is committed on the highest levels to keeping the SecurityFocus Web site alive, and editorially independant. A written policy will set this out explicitly in the weeks to come.
You're mistaken. The term "protected computer" includes any system "which is used in interstate or foreign commerce or communications" (18 U.S.C. 1030), not.gov and.mil sites. Ashcroft's legislation is not in any way focused on attackers who disrupt vital systems.
And, as I reported in the story, the sections of 18 U.S.C. 1030 that Ashcroft's bill would cast as "terrorism" have already been used on 'the d00d who haxorz the average web site' more than once.
These provisions *are* limited to people who have committed a computer crime (and those who support them), so you're correct that simply being a programmer doesn't put you at risk. I never said it did.
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I think it's funny that my story has been on Slashdot twice now, and I haven't gotten credit either time.
Why would you thank El Reg for a Wired News story?
Just curious.
At the company-wide meeting about the acquisition, Symantec president John Schwarz said repeatedly that Symantec is committed on the highest levels to keeping the SecurityFocus Web site alive, and editorially independant. A written policy will set this out explicitly in the weeks to come.
You're mistaken. The term "protected computer" includes any system "which is used in interstate or foreign commerce or communications" (18 U.S.C. 1030), not .gov and .mil sites. Ashcroft's legislation is not in any way focused on attackers who disrupt vital systems.
And, as I reported in the story, the sections of 18 U.S.C. 1030 that Ashcroft's bill would cast as "terrorism" have already been used on 'the d00d who haxorz the average web site' more than once.
These provisions *are* limited to people who have committed a computer crime (and those who support them), so you're correct that simply being a programmer doesn't put you at risk. I never said it did.