full-disclosure - Re: Help put a stop to incompetent computerforensics

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Date: Fri Aug 12 01:15:58 2005
From: measl at mfn.org (J.A. Terranson)
Subject: Re: Help put a stop to incompetent
	computerforensics

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Jason Coombs wrote:

> Chuck Fullerton wrote:
> > "A Trojan horse is a program that appears to have some useful or benign
> > purpose, but really masks some hidden malicious functionality."
> >
> > "A Backdoor is a program that allows attackers to bypass normal security
> > controls on a system, gaining access on the attacker's own terms."
>
> Here's an example of a completely flawed explanation of the origin of
> the term.

<snip>

> Most (but not all) of you are suggesting that the only thing that
> matters is what the definitions say, and that's not the right way to
> look at this issue.

Jason, we're friends (I think), and I generally respect your opinions, but
if you were on the other side of the aisle with this tripe I'd roast you
in front of the Judge (yes folks, most of these cases are heard in front
of Judges, not Juries).

The simple fact of the matter is that "what matters" *IS* the definition,
and you full well know it.  What happened here is you slipped and fell,
and rather than admitting it you're crying foul - shame on you!  You
slipped - brush yourself off before you tarnish that sterling reputation
of yours and move on.  Oh, and *admit* when you're wrong: it works wonders
for your credibility - even in front of Judges and Juries ;-)

//Alif

-- 
Yours,

J.A. Terranson
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I like the idea of belief in drug-prohibition as a religion in that it is
a strongly held belief based on grossly insufficient evidence and
bolstered by faith born of intuitions flowing from the very beliefs they
are intended to support.

don zweig, M.D.