RE: Is this list still active?

From: Wiest, Damian (dmwiest_at_rc2corp.com)
Date: 11/29/04

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    To: "'secprog@securityfocus.com'" <secprog@securityfocus.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:40:07 -0600

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Jeroen van Drie [mailto:jvdev@3va.net]
    > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 12:37 PM
    > To: secprog@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: Re: Is this list still active?

    [snip]

    > With all the viruses, cracking and phising going on people
    > are simply turning
    > it into a law enforcement issue; copyright issues are
    > contributing to a more
    > police minded way of handling security and ownership of
    > software. If your
    > poorly written server gets cracked and your source code finds
    > its way onto
    > the internet, just call the police and blame the thief.

    In "Secrets and Lies", Bruce Schneier states (in the forward?) that he's
    changed his views on dealing with computer security issues after having seen
    many people create insecure systems using his "Applied Cryptography" tome.
    I don't have the book in front of me, but he says something to the effect
    that we may be forced to deal with the issue through the use of
    underwriters, as other industries have done.

    -Damian

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