[964] in Cypherpunks
RE:CERT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Luscombe)
Tue Jun 8 18:16:00 1993
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 17:02:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Luscombe <ral@telerama.pgh.pa.us>
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Cc: Casey O'Brien <obrien4734@duq3.duq.edu>,
Not having heard of CERT before, and living ten minutes away from their
offices at SEI, i checked out their anonymous ftp site (cert.org) and
found the CERT faq in the pub directory. From the info THEY provide, it
seems like a worthwhile organization. BUT, in their info, they deal with
security issues, not copyright infringement. I realise that hidden
directories in an incoming dir is a security issue, but it seems to be a
thinly veiled attack on the distribution of software of illegal or
questionable origins. They do publish security advisories; i would be
interested in seeing a list of sites served with notices similar to those
julf and soda received. Does anyone have more info on CERT?
BTW- SEI at CMU is a scary place. The photo lab i worked for as a
messenger had clients there, so i was in the building a couple times a day
for more than i year. Because of their DOD affiliation, there are regular
protests outside the building. On a normal delivery during one of these
protests i was surrounded by guards, searched, and asked some WAY paranoid
questions even though the regular guards knew who i was. If you ever
happen to be walking the halls of SEI and see the nice big prints of
guided missiles and other scary stuff, I probably delivered them.
--Robert Luscombe
ral@telerama.pgh.pa.us | 2201 Sarah Street Apt. 3
robert@well.sf.ca.us | Pittsburgh, PA 15203
rluscomb@nyx.cs.du.edu | 412/488-0941
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