Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jarthur!usc!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: WHMurray@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Who should get what viruses Message-ID: <0012.9009171151.AA09647@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 15 Sep 90 20:05:00 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 19 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu I have had additional thoughts on this subject. Given the number of existing copies of Jerusalem B, I would likely give copy to almost anyone who asked for it. My giving a copy of such a succesful virus to overtly and patently to someone who asks for it, is not likely to have any substantial effect on the size of the population of such copies, regardless of how they dealt with it. I do not exercise any real control over Jerusalem B; it is out of control. On the other hand, suppose that I have the only copy of a virus. Then I have control. If I turn over one copy, I loose control. Thus, both who and what are relevant to the answer. William Hugh Murray, Executive Consultant, Information System Security 21 Locust Avenue, Suite 2D, New Canaan, Connecticut 06840 203 966 4769, WHMurray at DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL