discuss: Virus-Writing-HOWTO
Subject:
Re: Virus-Writing-HOWTO
From:
Martin WHEELER ####@####.####
Date:
12 Mar 2002 21:18:18 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0203122105330.2440-100000@caxton.startext.demon.co.uk>
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Greg Ferguson wrote:
> Please look the entire document over when you have a chance.
>
> Although I also like/appreciate the intro, my personal feeling is that
> the document itself appears to be a "cookbook-style guide to
> destruction". Even the sarcastic(?) closing remark - "Feel the power
> of the dark side!" - tends to make me uncomfortable with this type
> of document (maybe that's a bit harsh; call me prudish, but...).
Not at all ... my reaction was exactly the same.
There's a certain cockiness, an arrogance almost, about this text that
leaves a funny after-taste, and makes me wonder whether my first
decisions were right or not. Certainly, as it stands, it doesn't
represent what I believe the LDP stands for. (Almost; but not quite.)
And having read the full document, I now realise the author did *not*
make a mistake in his choice of title -- it *is* an unashamed "How to
write a virus" manual; and as such, I too would be uncomfortable with
including it as it stands in the LDP library.
> However, the LDP does have the Firewall Piercing HOWTO available,
> so I feel the LDP would be hypocritical not allowing this document
> into the collection. On the other hand, I would like to see the
> document slanted towards more of a "white hat" style - e.g. now
> that we have the cookbook, how can the one defend themselves
> appropriately against the "cooks"?
So, Alexander; thanks for allowing us to read the full text as it
stands -- but how do you feel about slanting it a bit more
"white-hat"-wards?
Martin
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Martin Wheeler ####@####.#### gpg:1024D/01269BEB the.earth.li
