YAN CNN 'analysis'

Post #77,457 by Ashton 1/27/03 11:52:02 PM Reply	YAN CNN 'analysis' [link\|http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/27/worm.why/index.html\| Here.] Making companies accountable Bruce Schneider, a tech manager at Counterpane Internet Security, said that it's time to consider holding companies legally liable for the security of their software and networks. "If you run a computer network and it sets off a virus, you are not held liable," he said. "If you were liable, it would be in your best interest to make sure that your network is secure. Same thing for software development. "Microsoft produces software with systematic flaws in it and nothing happens. If they were liable for the actions of their software, it would be in their best interest to take responsibility ... and not just give lip service." The one thing that Microsoft, network administrators and front-end computer users all agree on is that the Internet is here to stay And this new landscape seems to offer as many conveniences as it does risks. "We could ground all airplanes and not have any more airplane crashes," Schneider said. "The key is whether the good uses of the Net outweigh the bad. Life is like that. You just have to take the good with the bad."
Post #77,475 by CRConrad 1/28/03 3:53:45 AM Reply	"Bruce Schneider"? At Counterpane? New to me... I mean, I'd heard of Bruce Schneier -- the founder, owner, and CEO of Counterpane, AFAIK, not "a tech manager" (WTF does that mean?) -- but never of any Bruce Schneider... So much for their fact-checking: If they can't even get the name -- of a celebrity, in his field! -- right, then why should I believe they got anything right? [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown]
Post #77,511 by drewk 1/28/03 9:06:58 AM Reply	Because they're C-freakin-N-N, dammit! === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #77,518 by jbrabeck 1/28/03 9:14:29 AM Reply	Ashton typo or CNN fix? Direct cut-n-paste from the current CNN link.. Bruce Schneier, a tech manager at Counterpane Internet Security, said that it's time to consider holding companies legally liable for the security of their software and networks. Must be CNN fix, since we all know that Ashton wood never let a tpyo get bye. :) [link\|mailto:jbrabeck@attbi.com\|Joe]
Post #77,523 by CRConrad 1/28/03 9:32:05 AM Reply	CNN fix. I checked, before writing the above.
Post #77,680 by Ashton 1/28/03 10:42:41 PM Reply	You CNN sya taht again!

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