On Thu, 10 May 2001, David Woodhouse wrote:
>
> 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.
The "public knowledge" phrase is interesting. What kind of employees are
we talking about? Sysadmins or secretaries? You might be able to dismiss
the ignorance excuse for the former, but I suspect that most users either
don't have access or don't pay attention to the publicity surrounding most
viruses --- regardless of any NDA they might have signed. The ignorance
argument is pretty strong, in my opinion, and most companies will likely
have a hard time firing employees over these matters.
Just my opinion.
-Daniel
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