Re: Public announcements of SQL Security Vulnerabilities

From: Neil Pike (neilpike@compuserve.com)
Date: 08/02/02 

Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 08:04:15 +0100
From: Neil Pike <neilpike@compuserve.com>

 BP,
 
> I'm sorry, but I just have to respond to your post ;-(

 And I'll come back on yours ;-)
  
> I wonder how Microsoft would feel if every time that a virus exploits a hole
> in one of their products, MS customers around the world sued Microsoft.

 You mean no-one has tried yet?
 
> The reason that's it's "not easy" to sue the hackers is because the code
> with the flaw was written by Microsoft, not by the hacker.

 But the worst you could blame the original programmer for is incompetence.
The hacker is actually trying to cause damage/harm to data/systems/network.
 
 I seriously doubt that most hackers would be able to pay any significant
damages/costs even if sued - they certainly aren't going to have professional
insurance!
 

 Neil Pike MVP/MCSE. Protech Computing Ltd
 Reply here - no email
 SQL FAQ (484 entries) see
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 (faqxxx.zip in lib 7)
 or www.ntfaq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?DepartmentID=800
 or www.sqlserverfaq.com
 or www.mssqlserver.com/faq

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