Re: RE: How to stop hackers at the root cause

DARE didn't stop youth drug use,
Sex Ed didn't stop teen pregnancy rates,
Why would your program stop/reduce script kiddies... j/k

In all seriousness I think your perspective on the cost/benefit is really skewed on this one.

Attacks against US assets are a method of revenue generation in several impoverished areas around the world. Places where the infrastructure would have very little means to even begin implementing a program like you described without serious financial aid. And once such a system was put in place the financial drive would still push people to participate in this behavior to feed their families, pay their rent, etc.


In the end I would try to think about the drivers behind malicious 
behavior a lot more closely. Sure there are examples were "hacking" has been romanticized in
 the past within our society but not enough for some kid to watch the 
movie "HACKERS" and then decide to go after his grandmothers credit 
card because then he would get to date Angelina Jolie. (well other than me)

I wrote this on my way out the door so my point is in there some where but probably should go through some back and forth to get cleared up let me know if you, the reader, disagrees.

Regards,


Daniel

--- On Mon, 4/12/10, Matt Parsons <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Matt Parsons <[email protected]>
Subject: [WEB SECURITY] RE: How to stop hackers at the root cause
To: "'Matt Parsons'" <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], "'Webappsec Group'" <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 9:51 PM




 
 







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