-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 12 June 2003 09:44, Tim Laureska wrote: > Curt is absolutely right... I was amazed at how quickly people responded > with various mechanisms to do what was originally asked... I would hope > that the new Security Basics List administrator might pick up on this > potential social engineering ... For all we know this could be some 13 > year old kid trying to get into a friend's A/C (no offence meant to the > original author).... paranoia is definitely part of the game! > > I finish with a question ....Is this an appropriate question for this > list?
I guess we all know by now not only the good guys use mailing lists. Everybody who's interested uses lists, be it for education, or "contributing back to the community", or even for insidious purposes. But in all intent and purposes this public resource is a good thing. It is impossible to tell apart who's a k1dd13 and who's in need of help in infosec. Remember tools can be used for both blackhats and whitehats, but to censor information in any way only makes the jobs of security pros harder. If <insert your fave tool> is outlawed, only outlaws will have <insert your fave tool>. My $0.02. Callan - -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Beatrice Hall Registered Linux User #311796 ICQ UIN: 1926211 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6Kn2nyMhcbScbQYRAheuAJ9ymxnDzsJF0Va358HwJj4kdvLDLgCfeG6H biNDnmgaFDRCyxfaoBGOq9s= =L8UK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evaluating SSL VPNs' Consider NEOTERIS, chosen as leader by top analysts! The Gartner Group just put Neoteris in the top of its Magic Quadrant, while InStat has confirmed Neoteris as the leader in marketshare. Find out why, and see how you can get plug-n-play secure remote access in about an hour, with no client, server changes, or ongoing maintenance. Visit us at: http://www.neoteris.com/promos/sf-6-9.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
