tech@EASBY.DURHAM.AC.UK (Technician) (01/31/90)
Having read the following: >Yes, I believe that viral source code ought to be distributed and >studied-but under controlled conditions. The universities offer the >best hope of such a controlled setting. I for one would not reccomend this site (and I strongly suspect the majority of other campus type sites) as a recipient or study site for virus/worm/Trojan, or what ever comes next, sources. Security tends to be very lax, as neither the time, money or inclination is available to change this. I would suggest a limited number of 'bonded sites' who do take security seriously (which may well include many Universities) act as co-ordinators, with the possiblilty of farming out single problems to trusted users at less secure sites. / All opinions expressed here are mine and mine alone, licences are available for those who wish to use them. / Jim Cottrell, Software Technician, Computer Science, University of Dumham.