Re: I love IP Tables....

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Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 09:50 -0700, Les wrote:
> we have had banks for thousands of years, and they still get robbed.
> Do we blame the bankers?

Yes, if they don't make any sensible efforts to make it hard to rob
them.
I wonder if someone who gets a bot attack could sue the end users who own the zombies under what is known in the U.S. as maintaining an "attractive nuisance." This is the same legal concept as being able to sue someone for negligence if they have an unfenced swimming pool and someone gets hurt in said pool. To me, having an inadequately protected system accessible through the internet means having an "attractive nuisance." It's the same concept as holding the owner of a car liable if they leave it parked and unlocked with the engine running and someone steals the car and gets into trouble. The owner of property needs to take reasonable steps to make sure that the property isn't misused. This means not leaving your car with the keys in the ignition, not having an unfenced swimming pool and not having a system with inadequate protection attached to the internet.

Cheers,
Dave

--
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
-- Ambrose Bierce


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