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Mazer · 16-09-02, 09:41 PM

Sounds like bad mojo to me. This worm and the copycats to follow will probably be used by Microsoft and it's lawyers, the RIAA and MPAA, and who knows how many politicians, as examples that open source and p2p communities are bad and unlawful. They'll use whatever angle they can use attack us, and the jerks who come up with these worms who think they're fighting back are only giving the other side more ammunition. I fear that the hype will be p2p+Linux=pure evil, and even though people who already use Linux or p2p know better, there will be many who will believe the hype.

But maybe I'm being paranoid, if the worm get's killed early on then there won't be enough time for the copyright nazis to exploit it. Maybe with a name like Linux.Slapper.Worm it won't be as feared as Code Red was.

16-09-02, 09:41 PM	#2
Mazer Earthbound misfit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Moses Lake, Washington Posts: 2,563	Sounds like bad mojo to me. This worm and the copycats to follow will probably be used by Microsoft and it's lawyers, the RIAA and MPAA, and who knows how many politicians, as examples that open source and p2p communities are bad and unlawful. They'll use whatever angle they can use attack us, and the jerks who come up with these worms who think they're fighting back are only giving the other side more ammunition. I fear that the hype will be p2p+Linux=pure evil, and even though people who already use Linux or p2p know better, there will be many who will believe the hype. But maybe I'm being paranoid, if the worm get's killed early on then there won't be enough time for the copyright nazis to exploit it. Maybe with a name like Linux.Slapper.Worm it won't be as feared as Code Red was.