On 2006-04-03 John E. Fleming wrote:
> I like this idea of thinking. So if a bank leaves the vault open does
> that make it legal for me to load up as much cash as I can even though
> it may have been left open unintentionally? Or could it be that the
> door has not been left open intentionally therefore making it illegal
> and the proper authorities should be notified to fix the issue.
>
> I came late into this conversation so my analogy might be off.
It is, because banks don't tend to leave their vaults in public places.
And even if they did were vaults obviously devices to lock stuff away,
whereas ports aren't.
Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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"All vulnerabilities deserve a public fear period prior to patches
becoming available."
--Jason Coombs on Bugtraq
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Received on Apr 05 2006
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