----- Original Message ----- From: "thing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: slapper countermeasures
> Geoff Crompton wrote: > > > (I've been trying to think of a reason that the owner of an infected > > box would not appreciate efforts to sanitize the box). > > > Mind you if you did fix it for them they would probably never notice. Granted. > I have built machines for companies who refuse to pay me a small monthly retainer > to patch (in one case a two year old box), as they see it Im just trying to make > money on them. I've had that happen to me a lot, but since Nimda / Code Red etc, most have changed their minds. > Add that some moron like a public prosecutor would see you as easy > meat/vigilanty and "do" you for all the crimes under the Sun he/she could think > of. Indeed. A similar case to this is the "Good Samaritan Act" was abolished, or at least changed in Australia to the point that if some one was mown down by a bus and you pulled them off the road and they still died, you could be sued by the family for killing them. It's a load of crud, but it happens. > > Conclusion, I often think sensible ppl are in a minority and getting smaller. > It's a matter of survival of the fittest. Touching another users machine without the authority or permission to do so, while it might be a good thing <tm>, is still too open to dangerous consequences. You've got to look after number 1, so just keep yourself patched, keep in contact with [EMAIL PROTECTED] and just keep plodding on :-)
