I sent this to Al, who asked me to post it to the list: > Al, > > I think that some of the points made by at least one public posting on this > are well-founded. I don't have any problem with people knowing what I have > to say, but then, I've been doing this for a long, long time (my alternative > email address, stanat_private, went on-line as part of the field testing of > DNS in '83, if that tells you anything). I have colleagues who for various > reasons can't afford "exposure" -- they're professionals inside corporations > doing jobs they don't want to be doing just to pay the rent in the down > economy, but their passion and interests lie in the security field. Or > even in some cases, God help 'em, in the "exploit" field. In any event, > having someone show your boss a posting you wrote about how to probe > the XYZ gizmo that he just spent a ton of dough on is *NOT* a career > enhancing move. > > Maybe a good middle ground is to allow semi-anonymous "'nyms" for people, > but require that they use the same one, rather than using random different > ones. And to prove to you, somehow, that there's a real human being behind > "hackmaster153at_private".... > > Just a thought. Keep up the good work. > > Stan -- Stanley P. Hanks Chief Network Strategist Columbia Ventures Corp / 16703 S.E. McGillivray Blvd, #210 / Vancouver, WA 98683 VOX (360) 882-1052 / FAX (360) 882-2068 / email stanat_private --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Lightning Console aggregates IDS events, correlates them with vulnerability info, reduces false positives with the click of a button, anddistributes this information to hundreds of users. Visit Tenable Network Security at http://www.tenablesecurity.com to learn more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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