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ElGamal, Barnes, Callas, Parekh, etc., take over Packet Storm?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Sat Aug 21 20:17:22 1999
In-Reply-To: <199908171800.OAA31398@marcella.ecarm.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:26:49 -0400
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cryptography@c2.net
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
At 2:00 PM -0400 on 8/17/99, ecarm-news@ecarm.org wrote:
> Title: Security Firm to Revive Computer-Defense Site
> Resource Type: News Article
> Date: August 17, 1999
> Source: NYT (Free Registration Required)
> Author: PETER WAYNER
> Keywords: KROLL-O'GARA ,PACKET STORM ,WEBSITE TAKEOVER,HACKERS
>
> Abstract/Summary:
> Kroll-O'Gara, the international security consulting firm, said Monday
> it would take over an Internet site that not only posted information
> about defending computer systems against attacks but also told
> how to break into them.
>
> In the shadowy world of hackers and crackers, it is often hard
> to tell the good guys from the bad. Computer-security experts frequently
> test systems by breaking into them, and the site, Packet Storm,
> posted descriptions of those break-ins.
>
> Kroll-O'Gara's computer security unit, Securify, which declined to
> discuss financial terms of its acquisition, said it planned to
> maintain the site's tradition of high-quality information as a way to
> market its services. But Kroll-O'Gara executives said that it would
> rid the site of its more contentious publications.
>
> Original URL:
>http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/08/biztech/articles/17secure.ht
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>
> Added: Tue Aug 17 9:15:18 -040 1999
> Contributed by: David Dillard
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