full-disclosure - Re: We're letting the bad guys win

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Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:08:36 -0600
From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@...rr.com>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: We're letting the bad guys win

--On Tuesday, December 09, 2008 00:25:18 -0600 Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:

>
> On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:03:57 GMT, n3td3v said:
>> We need to stop this back and forth fighting its making infosec look
>> bad, this isn't what infosec should be about.
>
> It's making one very small insignificant corner of infosec look bad.
>
> Let's keep a sense of perspective, guys.

Or, to look at it another way, it's tying up all the idiots in one place and 
keeping the rest of infosec unsullied.  :-)

-- 
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
are my own and not those of my employer.
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