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Patching Worm

If someone were to write a worm that went around the Internet, eliminating the vulnerability of the computers it passes through, is that immoral? Is it illegal? Since the worm is doing no damage (unless you consider patching a hole to be damaging somehow), I wonder what the implications would be. What would people say if Microsoft released a patching-worm before someone released a damaging one?

Published on August 29th, 2005. © Jesse Skinner

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Jesse Skinner

I'm Jesse Skinner. I've been helping clients build web apps for over 20 years. I love hearing from new people. If you'd like to work with me, please email me at [email protected].