Comment Re:Deterence vs. Prevention (Score 1) 287
So... was Melissa, Blaster, Sasser, or any of the other major worms written by pros?
Good question, but beside the point. Prior acts by kid hackers doesn't limit organized acts by professional criminals. And you certainly wouldn't call the viruses designed by spammers acts of children. This will only get worse as terrorists, organized criminals and intelligence agencies make use of security holes for their own purposes. Paying bounty to catch incompetent kids may look good from a PR standpoint, but closing those security holes would actually prevent the damage caused by those with malicious ends. JMO.
Naked Rayburn
Good question, but beside the point. Prior acts by kid hackers doesn't limit organized acts by professional criminals. And you certainly wouldn't call the viruses designed by spammers acts of children. This will only get worse as terrorists, organized criminals and intelligence agencies make use of security holes for their own purposes. Paying bounty to catch incompetent kids may look good from a PR standpoint, but closing those security holes would actually prevent the damage caused by those with malicious ends. JMO.
Naked Rayburn
