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<P><FONT SIZE=2>What's nsp-sec?<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Richard A Steenbergen [<A HREF="mailto:ras@e-gerbil.net">mailto:ras@e-gerbil.net</A>]<BR>
Sent: Sun Dec 25 04:25:15 2005<BR>
To: Gadi Evron<BR>
Cc: Rob Thomas; NANOG<BR>
Subject: Re: Destructive botnet originating from Japan<BR>
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On Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 02:06:38AM -0600, Gadi Evron wrote:<BR>
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> It is difficult to hear something important that one invested much in is<BR>
> doing harm, but that is the only conclusion I and others can come up with<BR>
> after years of study, and NSP-SEC, as amazing as it has been, has been of<BR>
> a negative impact other than to cause a community to form and act<BR>
> together. Which is amazing by itself and which is why I believe it<BR>
> can do so much more.. even if it is relatively young it has proven<BR>
> itself time and time again... I am straying from the subject here.<BR>
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Could have told you that a long time ago. NSP-SEC became useless the day<BR>
it became so bogged down in its own self-aggrandizing paranoia that no one<BR>
could possibly be bothered to actually tell anyone outside of the secret<BR>
handshake club about security issues they've spotted.<BR>
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On the other hand, if you ARE going to sit around pissing and moaning<BR>
about botnets you are too "sekure" to tell anyone else about, thus<BR>
assuring they never get fixed, at least it's nice to do it in one secret<BR>
place so I don't have to hear it. :)<BR>
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Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> <A HREF="http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras">http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras</A><BR>
GPG Key ID: 0xF8B12CBC (7535 7F59 8204 ED1F CC1C 53AF 4C41 5ECA F8B1 2CBC)<BR>
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