full-disclosure - Not even the NSA can get it right

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Date: Wed May 25 12:15:30 2005
From: measl at mfn.org (J.A. Terranson)
Subject: Not even the NSA can get it right


On Tue, 24 May 2005, Dan Margolis wrote:

> > They live in paranoia, fear and suspicion. Like the ninja of feudal
> > Japan they live and die in darkness. This is no way for a human being to
> > exist. But then I have been watching 'Shintaro the Samurai' :)
>
> Wait, so are you folks saying that the NSA intentionally allowed an XSS
> bug on their Web site so that someone here would report it for some
> unknown-to-us devious end?

While I agree with Dan, let me play Devil's Advocate: "live" Honeypot?

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J.A. Terranson
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