[NANOG] IOS rootkits

Paul Wall pauldotwall at gmail.com
Mon May 19 18:29:14 UTC 2008


On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 5:45 PM,  <michael.dillon at bt.com> wrote:

> It's the people who pop up and smear Gadi that I really wonder
> about. There seems to be no good reason for this, unless possibly
> they are blackhats of some sort. I remember a few years ago
> when William Leibzon posted about his work which eventually
> became completewhois.com and several blackhats popped up and
> tried to smear him. So when people attack Gadi or anyone else
> with no substantive facts to justify those attacks, I always
> assume that they are part of the criminal gangs who drive network
> abuse in the 21st century. Of course they may just be harmless
> fools who think that they will become better network operators
> if they can become part of the in group. Who knows...

Actually, Michael, folks who have problems with Gadi, William, and
certain other offenders are mainly annoyed with the quantity (high)
and quality (low) of their posts.  That you seem to have a blind spot
in the direction of this particular explanation is dismaying but not
surprising.

Paul




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