Every time someone signs off InfoSec News, I manually type out a note wondering why you've signed off the list, for the most part its usually because someone is changing addresses, taking a vacation, or leaving for a better opportunity. A troubling trend is people finally tossing up their hands in the air and leaving the industry altogether, so with Ben's permission, I've posted his debrief note for everyone. - William ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 09:46:04 +0000 From: Ben <m0rt@private> To: William Knowles <wk@private> Subject: Re: UNSUBSCRIBE isn Ben <m0rt@private> Hi. Well to be honest it was to prevent my in box filling up. Im planning on going to central america (honduras to be exact), and becoming a dive instructor, so my email access is gonna be a little flakey. I have also had enough of the corporate world of information technology and the companies i seem to end up working for. It is no longer something I can do when a company is purely concerned with the year end results, so they can show the market and shareholders just how well they have achieved the extra 5 percent in revenue, without explaining that the only reason they can do this is by stretching staff and reducing quality of the final product. I find that i cannot work for something no longer if I cannot believe in what I am doing. I quit my it job about 5 weeks ago in a fit of pique. :o) But on the up side, i am more interested in how individuals utilise the technology they now have available to them. The prevalence of Windows security vunerabilities and the fact they are now slammed into the faces of the average user is an interesting thing to watch, if also a little worrying. I think i am right in saying that in many years time when the history of the 'information revolution' is a subject in itself, this particular time is is going to be as important as the start of the personal computer. So with all this in mind, when I am back from whatever course i take It is safe to say that I will be subscribing to ISN again. It has always been interesting to read the views of a variety of sources...and im still a geek who still believes that the single biggest thing that would improve security in most places, is common sense. So probably more than you asked for... Have a blast. Ben -=- On 2 Nov 2003, at 08:52, William Knowles wrote: > Hello Ben, > > I see that you just signed off the ISN list, and I was curious why? > > Thanks! > > William Knowles > wk@private > > > > *==============================================================* > "Communications without intelligence is noise; Intelligence > without communications is irrelevant." Gen Alfred. M. Gray, USMC > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > C4I.org - Computer Security, & Intelligence - http://www.c4i.org > ================================================================ > Help C4I.org with a donation: http://www.c4i.org/contribute.html > *==============================================================* > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 03:43:39 -0500 > From: Majordomo@private > To: isn-approval@private > Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE isn Ben <m0rt@private> > > -- > > Ben <m0rt@private> has unsubscribed from isn. > No action is required on your part. - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomo@private with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
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