Re: Re: Malware sharing? People are full of shit [was: Getyour computer viruses here!]

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Gadi Evron wrote:

> Pierre Vandevenne wrote:
> > Good Morning,
> >
> > GE> Because researchers today find it HARD to get samples, while bad guys find
> > GE> it easy as pie, and easier every eyar.
> >
> > Not sure I follow the logic here: why would it be hard for good guys
> > to get samples and easy for bad guys?
> >
> > It should be as easy for both categories unless, of course, the bad
> > guys exclude the good guys from their exchanges. In other words, if you
> > need to be a "vetted" bad guy to gain access. But then, if that
> > vetting system is so tremendously successful for the bad guys, why
> > shouldn't the good guys use one?
>
> Because it doesn't scale in this case.

No, it scales just fine. Think, for example, about the Ebay trust system. 
That scaled just fine.


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