I agree with your sentiments, but wasn't spiff just posting the article as
extracted from www.hackernews.com to explain why the original site had
disappeared ?
Just trying to help !
GG :-)
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Subject: Re: Reply from Ken Williams RE: Harvard Reply Re:...
Author: MIME:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 7/2/99 3:44 PM
I must be confused here. Isn't this supposed to be a technical forum?
It should not be a forum to air personal grievances. The IETF mail list
just went through something similar, resulting in several subscribers
dropping themselves from the address list and the creation of a
technically focused mail group.
spiff wrote:
>
> NOTE: Quoted from HNN: ( http://www.hackernews.com/ )
>
> ---- Begin quoted excerpt from HNN ----
>
> "Ken Williams initial responce to the Harvard University statement which
> denies all allegations of hosting sexually oriented material:
>
> Date: 7/1/99 17:58
> Received: 7/1/99 18:01
> From: Ken Williams, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Hi,
>
> [The Harvard] statement is incorrect, and even libelous
> itself by implying that I had "sexually related materal" on
> the server. I NEVER did!
>
> NOW, I will retain legal counsel. This is outrageous!
>
> I wouldn't have been surprised to find myself slandered by
> John Vranesevich and AntiOnline, but to have Harvard
> implicitly state that I was serving up "sexually related
> material" to the Internet is absurd, libelous, and legally
> reprehensible.
>
> Are you, Harvard, trying to ruin my reputation and career
> now too?
>
> It sounds to me like you are fabricating this "sexually
> related material and personal attacks" statement to appease
> your critics, and, as I (now ominously) mentioned in my first
> open letter, trying to use me as the fall guy.
>
> Regretfully,
>
> Ken Williams"
>
> ---- End quoted excerpt from HNN ----
>
> On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Spikeman wrote:
>
> > Got a reply about packetstorm from harvard so who knows what will happen
> > now if it goes back up somewhere else or whatever..
> >
> >
> > Spikeman,
> >
> > The packetstorm.harvard.edu site data has not been destroyed and is
> > being returned, in it's entirety, to the site's owner.
> >
> > Please see the attached official press release below.
> >
> > ========================
> >
> >
> > * S T A T E M E N T *
> >
> >
> > As a service to the Internet community, Harvard agreed to host a
> > Packet Storm Security Website for security-related materials only.
> > Without
> > Harvard's knowledge, unrelated content was put on the Harvard server,
> > including sexually-related material and personal attacks on an
> > individual
> > not affiliated with the University. A Harvard administrative site
> > focused
> > on security issues is not the forum for this type of material. We are
> > returning the content on the site and hope that Packet Storm will make
> > its
> > security tools available through its own Website.
> >
> >
> > Joe Wrinn
> > Director
> > Office of News and Public Affairs
> >
> > ==========================
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jay Tumas
> >
> >
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