full-disclosure - Re: Media backlash begins against HD Moore and I)ruid

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Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 19:15:51 +0000 (UTC)
From: jf <jf@...glingpointers.net>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Media backlash begins against HD Moore and
 I)ruid

> And even if they *got* attacked, it's quite possible that the upsides of not
> bothering to do something outweighed the risks.  If you estimate that the
> cost (including "things you could have spent your time doing") is more than
> the losses, why bother?  "Even if we *got* whacked, we'd lose maybe $500. But
> in the time I'd waste dealing with the issue, I could generate something that
> will get us $2,000 in revenue.  So if I fix it, I lose $1500, and if I ignore
> it, I come out $1,500 ahead if we get hit, and $2,000 if we don't".

so as a student worker, thats what, like a month of your time?

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