Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2384-1001543131-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 26 Sep 2001 15:27:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 7558 invoked by uid 510); 26 Sep 2001 22:25:49 -0000 Received: from n31.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.81) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 26 Sep 2001 22:25:49 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2384-1001543131-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.52] by hp.egroups.com with NNFMP; 26 Sep 2001 22:25:31 -0000 X-Sender: bkdelong@pobox.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 26 Sep 2001 22:25:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 19034 invoked from network); 26 Sep 2001 22:25:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 26 Sep 2001 22:25:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO brain-stream.com) (209.95.107.206) by mta1 with SMTP; 26 Sep 2001 22:25:29 -0000 Received: from dreadnought.pobox.com (h005004dffe6f.ne.mediaone.net [24.147.110.237]) by brain-stream.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA18369 for <iwar@yahoogroups.com>; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 15:25:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.2.20010926182212.045177f0@brain-stream.com> X-Sender: bkdelong@brain-stream.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 To: iwar@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <200109261344.GAA18043@big.all.net> From: "B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong@pobox.com> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:26:39 -0400 Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [iwar] TV Please for Patrioti Hackers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit At 06:44 AM 09/26/2001 -0700, you wrote: >But targeting hackers with prime-time ads could ultimately backfire, >according to Fred Cohen, an expert in information protection at the >University of New Haven. > >"It will tend to give them an overblown sense of importance and may well >induce them to do more. After all, a lot of this is just for attention >and fame," he said. Nail + FC = Direct Hit On Head. Good grief.....what an incredibly moronic idea - give the script kiddies what they want: public and high-profile recognition. I don't think people realize it doesn't matter if it's positive or negative....it's attention that, if anything, will cause more kids to deface so they can receive some of it. Incidentally, here's our (Attrition's) joint thoughts on the matter of "patriotic hacking": http://www.attrition.org/security/commentary/ -- B.K. DeLong bkdelong@pobox.com 617.877.3271 http://www.brain-stream.com Play. http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org Potter. http://www.attrition.org Security. http://www.artemisiabotanicals.com Herb. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yQix2C/33_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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