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Message-ID: <9AD9D61578B84144912BCB44CBEF9EAD0700E927@usnssexc03.us.kworld.kpmg.com> From: kenng at kpmg.com (Ng, Kenneth (US)) Subject: Cisco's stolen code Brian: I will give you another good reason to not go near the stolen code. If you EVER want to work on any project that is even remotely related to routers, or routing or anything else that Cisco equipment can do, you can not have touched any of the stolen code, or your code will be suspect. (Your accounting package has queues? Cisco IOS has queues (I assume), you must have copied it.) Even if your writing the code entirely from scratch, because you have seen the stolen code, you may be suspect. Is it unfair? Definitely. But this is why the GNU people emphasize staying away from any licensed source code. -----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com]On Behalf Of Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:59 PM To: Brian Toovey Cc: VX Dude; full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Cisco's stolen code On Tue, 25 May 2004 11:28:19 EDT, Brian Toovey <btoovey@...global.com> said: > if whitehats dont audit the code, who will? I find your response more > ignorant. Whitehats won't go anywhere near the Cisco code for the same reason they won't go near the Windows code - even if they feel morally justified in peeking at the source code, it's still illegal to do so. So you need at least a slightly gray hat to even consider the idea - so only grey/black hats will benefit. #include <open-source-is-better-because-whitehats-can-audit-too.h> ***************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter. *****************************************************************************
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