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vendor liability?
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- Subject: vendor liability?
- From: "Ralf Stephan" <ralf@ark.in-berlin.de>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 15:05:52 +0200
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http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0005.html
I've long considered the lack of vendor liability to be one of the
primary reasons the Internet is insecure. I also predicted a spate of
lawsuits this year. Lawyers were trained in computers to prepare for
the Y2K litigations, and they're bored. Here's a first inkling of what
might come: one lawyer is suing US West because his DSL connection
left his files exposed. As much as I don't like solving problems by
litigation, he does have a point.
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?29949:8469234
ralf
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