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Message-ID: <4AAAE411.1050007@propergander.org.uk>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:58:09 +0100
From: mrx <mrx@...pergander.org.uk>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Plain Text Password Disclosure vulnerability
 in rediff mail

Rohit Patnaik wrote:
> full-censorship@...hmail.com wrote:
>   
>> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:27:41 +0100 Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:49:00 BST, you said:
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> would one not rather hire someone *not* well-known and *doesn't* 
>>>>       
>>>> get owned?
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Feel free to hire that guy flipping burgers at McD's to do your 
>>> security
>>> assessment.
>>>     
>>>       
>> the burger flipper would be the obvious choice, young and eager to 
>> learn.
>> _______________________________________________
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>>     
> The choice is obvious only as long as you ignore the fact that eager to 
> learn also means eager to make mistakes.  After all, isn't trying (and 
> failing) the most effective method of learning?
>
> --Rohit Patnaik
>   
But how does spitting on a router help to secure it?

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