full-disclosure - Scandal: IT Security firm hires the author of Sasser worm

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From: bkfsec at sdf.lonestar.org (Barry Fitzgerald)
Subject: Scandal: IT Security firm hires the author
 of Sasser worm

ktabic wrote:

>No, no need to spell it out any clearer. You made my point.
>Mr. Abagnale is an expert in and on the finacial institusions and fraud,
>who (in return for a reduced sentence) provided that immense knowledge
>to the industry and has even worked towards getting the industry to
>adopt meathods to reduce fraud by designing systems that (we hope) he
>himself cannot beat.
>
>  
>
If you can build a system that you can't beat, you aren't smart enough 
to claim to be able to create unbeatable systems.

A truly intelligent and informed designer understands the shortcomings 
in their systems, and shortcomings always exist somewhere.

Actually, you ignored the portion of Harlan's message that actually 
applied to your point: That Abagnale does, in fact, profit from his past 
through work he's done for other companies.  It doesn't matter whether 
he consulted with them or was hired directly -- trying to bring that up 
is splitting semantical hairs and I'm not interested in that kind of 
foolishness.

Perhaps the reason that you don't need it spelled out is because you're 
really not interested in putting the words together in the first place?

             -Barry