lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:56:28 -0500
From: jam@...dtechnologies.com
To: "ericscher@....com" <ericscher@....com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Sasser

On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 09:48:01AM -0500, ericscher@....com wrote:
> 
> 
> Matt -
> 
> Your comments are entirely logical, reasonable and correct.
> 
> They are also completely unrelated to the way school systems actually
> function.
> 
> 
> That aside...
> Ask yourself this: Why is this guy asking for help HERE?
> As opposed to seeking the help of the sysadmins that the taxpayers have
> already provided for the schools.
> 

often because there is *one* "sysadmin" for an entire school district thus
making them overloaded with work and not able to do anything beyond standard
operational tasks if they can even do that for all of their schools.

you are right, there is fraud potential here (the guy is not who he says he
is, etc), but he should be given the benefit of the doubt :)

regards,
J

_______________________________________________
Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html
Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ