[Fedora-legal-list] ssh enable and firewall open for sshd connection by default after install who's legally liable?.

Tom Callaway tcallawa at redhat.com
Thu May 19 15:30:14 UTC 2011


On 05/19/2011 11:27 AM, Ciaran Farrell wrote:
> It seems that he is basing his analysis on a negligence claim rather
> than on a contract claim. The real issue would therefore be whether the
> distributor owes a duty to the user - which in turn draws in issues of
> foreseeability.

You have to imagine that if there was a solid basis for suit in such
matters that Microsoft would have long since been bankrupted. ;)

~tom

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