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From: blume@netmbx.UUCP (Heiko Blume)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: legality of writing viruses
Message-ID: <1312@netmbx.UUCP>
Date: 6 Sep 88 02:40:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: netmbx.1312
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Reply-To: blume@netmbx.UUCP (Heiko Blume)
Organization: netmbx Public Access Unix, Berlin, West Germany
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well, as with most other dangerous stuff it probably won't be illegal
to create or have it, but it will be illegal to cause any harm to others
with it. 
that's because also 'viruses' can be very helpful, for instance multi-
processor systems like the connection machine (65536 cpu's) or networks
tend to become unmanageable. how can you get the status of each node ??
especially in packet switched data networks like tymnet etc this is nearly 
impossible.
i think writing a virus is not as risky as writing an operating system like
unix or vms.
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