RE: [Full-Disclosure] Symantec wants to criminalize security info sharing

From: Jonathan A. Zdziarski (jonathan_at_nuclearelephant.com)
Date: 09/21/03

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    To: "Richard M. Smith" <rms@computerbytesman.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 20:49:11 -0400

    LOL I don't know any people who would run Norton even if they had a free
    copy. Just about everyone I know uses McAfee (of course, that's at my
    recommendation).

    On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 19:55, Richard M. Smith wrote:
    > My understanding is that most of the spammers are selling pirated
    > versions of Norton. Symantec has every incentive to shut these spammers
    > down.

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