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Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Off-topic - VRT Blog, "Rise of citizen cyberwarrior", criticism of the security efforts by the government.
From: L0rd Ch0de1m0rt <l0rdch0de1m0rt () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:45:55 -0600
Hello. This is very interesting to me. Mostly I appreciate the passion of Matt Only and SourceFire but pulling this blog post makes me wonder ... wtf ... I have seen other times when VRT blog posts have been edited ... I'm thinking maybe someone in the US Govt. got upset at this one? I'm sure the other VRT blog edits are the result of more marketing BS. It is just sad to me when marketing/PR/PC gets in the way of disseminating the true opinions/intelligence of security researchers. :( *sniff* -L0rd C. On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Guise McAllaster <guise.mcallaster () gmail com> wrote:
Hi Sourcefire, why did you pull the political rant on the VRT blog on Nov 23 ranting about Howard Schmidt, the government, and other gems titled "Rise of citizen cyberwarrior"? Used to be here, http://vrt-sourcefire.blogspot.com/2010/11/rise-of-citizen-cyberwarrior.html with a cached version at http://www.security.nl/files/cache.aspx.htm You anger one of your customers again and have to pull it? I'd like to think it could have been the inflammatory statements regarding the US Government and the self-masturbatory statements about "cyberwarriors" didn't bode too well coming from a "VRT blog" officially supported by Sourcefire. I do like this gem, 'The boots on the ground in this fight aren't combat boots. They are Birkenstocks and Chucks.' I also enjoyed 'Besides, it is fun to watch them work on "Cyber Security Awareness Month", which is about as effective as warning labels on cigarettes.' I'm curious, is the opinion stated in this VRT article, posted on the VRT blog, the official opinion that Sourcefire has regarding the involvement of government and other organized entities in the security field? I sure hope some of your customers didn't see that. Hell, could have just been an accident and Olney confused the VRT blog with Facebook, MySpace, or other Internet-exhibitionism sources of self-pleasure (again). Guise (who is French but does not hate America) _______________________________________________ Emerging-sigs mailing list Emerging-sigs () emergingthreats net http://lists.emergingthreats.net/mailman/listinfo/emerging-sigs Support Emerging Threats! Subscribe to Emerging Threats Pro http://www.emergingthreatspro.com The ONLY place to get complete premium rulesets for Snort 2.4.0 through Current!
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- Off-topic - VRT Blog, "Rise of citizen cyberwarrior", criticism of the security efforts by the government. Guise McAllaster (Nov 29)
- Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Off-topic - VRT Blog, "Rise of citizen cyberwarrior", criticism of the security efforts by the government. L0rd Ch0de1m0rt (Nov 29)
- Re: Off-topic - VRT Blog, "Rise of citizen cyberwarrior", criticism of the security efforts by the government. Randal T. Rioux (Nov 29)