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|    Thomas Bruce to KP KP    |
|    Re: Security comments, response to <4384    |
|    01 Nov 22 03:34:31    |
      From: brucethomas287@gmail.com              On Sunday, 14 August 2022 at 12:44:21 UTC-7, KP KP wrote:       > On Monday, November 28, 1988 at 10:14:49 AM UTC-8, Dewey Henize wrote:        > > I have tried several times to mail this to sswat, but it appears it isn't        > > possible to get mail from here to there. My apologies in advance to those        > > that are bored with the subject, please feel free to hit 'n' now.       Following        > > is the text of a letter I attempted several times to get to him.        > > -------------------        > >        > > Allow me to congratulate you, please, on an EXCELLENT article. You hit a        > > great many points, and I felt you handled them particularly well. Thank        > > you.        > > May I please note, as the one who first suggested that Morris (or whoever        > > the clown releasing the worm was) have the [I believe my words were] shit        > > beat out of him, that I DO NOT and never did advocate that as a simple and        > > final solution. It has been portrayed that way, and a great deal of the        > > other comments since have seemed to take the dichotomous stands you       describe,        > > yet I feel and believe most other serious people feel that a combination        > > of solutions are necessary. I still feel that a message should be sent       that        > > its not ok to trash other peoples property to prove you can. I also feel        > > that each site has responsibilities to do the best that they are capable       of        > > doing to limit unauthorized access; and I feel that in that regard the        > > current world we live in is being let down by many, if not all of the        > > vendors. And so on.        > > I do like the idea of 'licensed' crackers. This would imply a bit of real        > > expertise AND accountability. I've seen a lot posted of late that would        > > imply all too many people are ready to set themselves up as the judge of        > > my systems and rampage and destroy just to 'make me aware it can be done'.        > > Well, I'm aware already, and I would welcome constructive criticisms from        > > any reasonable sources, as I always have. Or, heck, I'd be more than        > > glad to have free labor do much of the grunt work I do already in my        > > usual 70+ hour week. I don't have that luxury, though... Yet, if I knew        > > that people who were responsible and mature (regardless of calendar age)        > > were making a best effort to detect areas that I could be reasonably asked        > > to handle and would let me know the results in ways that didn't trash        > > everything, I'd be extremely supportive.        > > Anyway, I've taken enough of your time. Thanks for reading this far.       Again,        > > let me thank you for a really good article with a lot of good information        > > in it. I hope it's recieved as well and widespread as it should be.        > > Dewey Henize        > > Execucom Systems Corp        > > 512-346-4980        > > --        > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=       =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-        > > | There is nothing in the above message that can't be explained by       sunspots. |        > > | execu!dewey Dewey Henize |        > > | Can you say standard disclaimer? I knew you could. Somehow... |       > Thanks to you.                            We connect Buyers and Sellers in bitcoin transactions, making the deal       absolutely safe and transparent.              Regards       pmfrnow@email.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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