Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!polyslo!vlsi3b15!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: RJOHNSON%BCSC02.BITNET@VMA.CC.CMU.EDU (Ronald Johnson,) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: should we fight fire with fire? Message-ID: <0003.8909251241.AA29279@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 22 Sep 89 15:42:25 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion ListLines: 12 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu *** Reply to note of 09/22/89 00:11 The proposed "solution" is not acceptable. 1. It would be the beginning of a new "ARMS RACE" with each side trying to overpower the other with increasingly sophisticated viruses. 2. The possibility for abuse is frightening. . Regards, Ronald Johnson, acting Data Security Manager Security Services, LDB, Vancouver, 254-5711 ext. 353