[ale] SNARE?

[Greg]

re Mr. Gibson: Yes, that's why I put quotes around guru.  I just assumed
everyone knew he is an idiot - though I did get a good chuckle out of his
site the last time I read it ... about a year ago or so.  The anti-Gibson
sites were funny too.

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jonathan
> Rickman
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 9:39 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: RE: [ale] SNARE?
>
>
> On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Greg wrote:
>
> > Of course, if you don't think that either 1) you will be prosecuted or
> > 2)your attacker and/or his/her friends are more of a threat
> than you are to
> > them, then go for it.  However, I recall a while back Steve Gibson (the
> > security "guru") was DoS'd due to pissing some kids off.  So, I
> guess I am
> > saying to make sure you have some serious cyber foo before going off
> > half-cocked, and even so what are *you* going to do if you do
> get DoS'd ?
>
> Just to clarify one thing. Steve Gibson is a charlatan, not a guru.
>
> Speaking as someone who is the victim of frequent mail bombings and the
> like, you'd better really be "into" security before you stick your neck
> out. You had better be willing to waste alot of time on your newfound
> hobby or else you'll regret it. Most of these incidents are minor and more
> or less just annoying, but every once in a while, someone gets clever and
> does something neat like...oh...hard coding your email addy in the code of
> a worm so that every bogus message it generates in an attempt to spread
> itself appears to come from you. Then you have thousands of clueless
> victims swamping your inbox with accusations and threats of legal action.
> Think it through very carefully before you volunteer for a "war game".
>
> --
> Jonathan Rickman
> X Corps Security
> http://www.xcorps.net
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