full-disclosure - Re: Sasser

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Message-ID: <20061128165627.GA17361@zoidtechnologies.com>
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

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