> So sack them. And sue them. And _then_ maybe the others will get the
> message.
Sue them? That is ridiculous! The only person to blame for this is the
person that wrote the script and possibly MS for not having a secure email
client. To blame end-users for this is silly. Most end users are dumb and
sueing them all won't do any good.
Attorneys are NEVER the solution to a problem like this.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: <axp-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: Homepage
>
> kurt.ludwig@api-networks.com said:
> > I completely agree with you there, but it's like a mouse trying to
> > take on a buffalo. You end up doing what you have to in order to keep
> > your mail servers running.
>
> Wheee, aren't we off-topic? :)
>
> I favour a different approach.
>
> For this virus to infect your company network requires that one of your
> employees is silly enough to blindly double-click on the pretty picture
> associated with the file they've just received from somewhere outside the
> company.
>
> That action is the result of either negligence, malice or ignorance on the
> part of the offending user. As the dangerous nature of this kind of thing
is
> public knowledge, since the Melissa virus, the ignorance excuse can be
> summarily dismissed, and we're left with only offences for which that user
> can be dismissed from their employment and sued for damages.
>
> So sack them. And sue them. And _then_ maybe the others will get the
> message.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, the same goes for users accepting Word documents
> from across security boundaries.
>
> cf. http://www.infradead.org/fileexchange.html
>
> I should probably add a note to that explaining the potential danger of
> HTML when combined with a too-trusting HTML viewer.
>
> --
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