full-disclosure - Re: sans handler gives out n3td3v e-mail to public

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Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:08:56 -0500
From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@...allas.edu>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: sans handler gives out n3td3v e-mail to public

--On Wednesday, April 02, 2008 21:26:03 +0100 n3td3v <xploitable@...il.com> 
wrote:
>
> No, it was sending signals to important people to take action to get
> it further pushed up the ladder. In no way do I expect my e-mail to be
> directly looked at by the white house. Through signal intelligence,
> the folks at GCHQ and NSA would see it and it would infulence others
> who lurk on this list to take action. And for your information, thats
> whats happened.
>

At first I thought, "How silly", but then I got to thinking about it.....

I'll bet the NSA *does* monitor your communications.  After all, spying is 
serious business.  Those guys probably need an occasional laugh to break the 
tension.  Monitoring your communications almost guarantees them a laugh every 
day.

-- 
Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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