rchandra
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| reply to Steve
Re: Code Red RetroVirus Request
I'll second that emotion. Releasing a retrovirus is putting a BandAid(tm) on a gunshot wound. What really needs to happen is for sysadmins to keep on top of security patches (or not to use IIS in the first place, as the case may be  ).
I would have to say that even though you think you're helping, I don't think you can know with too much certainty that you wouldn't affect operations in some other way. Consequences can hide themselves quite well until you poke them the right way. As good as your intentions might be, it really would be just as much of an invasion as the original.
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Benjamin Franklin: Those who sacrifice freedom for a sense of security deserve neither.
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