April 24, 2006
I Will Terminate da BotNets, Ya
Gushing with Terminator 2 imagery, Kelly Martin over at SecurityFocus is advocating attacking botnets.
I think disbanding a botnet is a very good thing to do. They cause so much harm and are used for so many illegal puposes (sic). It’s a little vigilante but very good for the Internet.
A little vigilante? Has he lost it? Does he remember the last time someone tried to “do good” exploiting vulnerabilities?
What would be useful here is a quick response team from law enforcement so that when a botnet is discovered, they could quickly take down. Advocating the exploitation of vulnerabilities to take them down by Internet vigilantes is just irresponsible.
