Finally, someone is holding vendors responsible for vulnerabilities

[Bill Nash]

On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, George Toft wrote:

>  --  Korean Group Mulls Class Action Suit Over Slammer
> (3/4 February 2003)
> The People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), a Korean
> civic group, is weighing the possibility of filing a class action
> lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. for damages caused by the Slammer worm.
> A recently passed product liability law holds companies liable for
> damage caused by flaws in their products.
> http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200302/kt2003020318021611960.htm
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/29174.html
>

	I don't think this will fly, though. The worm exploited a flaw
Microsoft had patched some months ago. The fault lies in the poor
administration of the affected servers.

- billn