I am posting this In reference to the recent Wired article which Richard

Smith posted to this list. Symantec fully supports information sharing on

threats and vulnerabilities and believes it is an important tool for

consumers and IT professionals to gain a measure of early warning of

potential attacks.

The Bugtraq mailing list, maintained as an independent entity under the

SecurityFocus brand, remains one of the most respected and open sources for

security information and early alerting by security professionals worldwide

and full disclosure is *critical to the integrity of the Bugtraq

community*.

With regards to cyber crime we need more and higher quality resources for

law enforcement to work on computer forensics, and we need cooperation from

government and industry to assist prosecutors in building cases against

attackers.

Given the increase in the number of security threats and the availability

of online tools we also believe that the industry should focus on training

and educating todayâ??s youth about the ethics of computer crime and its

affects and impact on victims.

These are not simply my words but also an official Symantec statement.

Cheers,

-al

Alfred Huger

Senior Director Engineering

Symantec Security Response

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