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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, February 01 2013 @ 09:41 AM EST |
| New York Times Computer System Target of Lengthy Chinese Hacking
Attack...
Old Groklaw 2006 Post with old links:
Computer Security is an Oxymoron.
Anti-Virus
101:
Can
Viruses Be Detected
?
by Jennifer Lapell
http://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/can-viruses-be-detected
Quote:
"Cohen didn't just define computer viruses. He also earned a Ph.D. proving
that it was impossible to create an accurate virus-checking program. Just as
there has been some bickering over his definition of a virus, experts have
argued back and forth since then about the details of Cohen's Theorem. None so
far have proven him wrong. His proof is so diabolically straightforward that
contradicting it comes down to arguing that "True" equals "False."
End Quote
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And, IT at the NY Times never told their bosses the truth that
Bruce Schneier in a couple of books, says that you can't secure any
network.
AND, we still hear of folks that want to VOTE via the web or
computer systems... on a network where you can't TRUST it, does not make
sense.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, February 01 2013 @ 03:51 PM EST |
The scope of criminal liability for computer misuse is very broad. A
critic of existing law might say that the legislature’s basic approach is to
criminalize everything and
then rely on prosecutorial discretion to select
appropriate cases for criminal punishment.
...
Is this criticism
accurate? And if it is, do you think the legislature has acted wisely?
[...]
volokh conspiracy
Now if the perpetrator pulls a knife, and
slides it between the victims ribs, the weapon and its method is visible,
understandable and proscribed as early as Genesis 4.11. Computer
crime OTOH is
usually invisible at the time it happens, incomprehensible to average citizens,
and indistinguishable from magic. Everybody knows Witches Must Be Burned. You
can have
your shop burned if a passerby performs magic, q.v.
Steve Jackson Games. That was only twenty five years ago, a
short time in the development of the law.
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