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RE: Re: Solaris telnet vulnberability - how many on your network?


From: "Roger A. Grimes" <roger () banneretcs com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:33:31 -0500

A public, false assertation of malice is called libel. 

The great and needed social role that the glaring light of the public
gets to weld to hold others accountable require that public allegations
have at least some reasonable basis, backed by evidence, for their
postulation.

The American

-----Original Message-----
From: thefinn12345 () gmail com [mailto:thefinn12345 () gmail com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:07 AM
To: bugtraq () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Re: Solaris telnet vulnberability - how many on your
network?

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Gadi Evron wrote:

IMO fixing security bugs at short notice is >painful enough without 
people like yourself and Steve Gibson casting >assertions of malice.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

Assertions of malice are a good thing. Keeps people on their toes and
thinking about it.

There have also been too many times in the past when they have been
proven correct to ignore the possibility any longer.

TheFinn.


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