[104574] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [NANOG] IOS rootkits
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Wall)
Mon May 19 14:29:23 2008
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 14:29:14 -0400
From: "Paul Wall" <pauldotwall@gmail.com>
To: michael.dillon@bt.com
In-Reply-To: <D03E4899F2FB3D4C8464E8C76B3B68B0028A3855@E03MVC4-UKBR.domain1.systemhost.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 5:45 PM, <michael.dillon@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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