I love IP Tables....

David G. Miller dave at davenjudy.org
Mon May 28 02:35:08 UTC 2007


Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> 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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