Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:10:33 +0200
From: Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@...il.com>
To: PsychoBilly <zpamh0l3@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Fwd: ipv6 flaw (is bullshit)

Why don't you all STFU and go play with your little IRC bots!




On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:08 AM, PsychoBilly <zpamh0l3@...il.com> wrote:

> Anyways...
>
> http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/thumb/e/ed/Internet_business.jpg/569px-Internet_business.jpg
>
> [[   Andrew Auernheimer   ]] @ [[   18/10/2010 10:58
> ]]--------------------------------------------------
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Andrew Auernheimer <gluttony@...il.com>
> > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 04:51:59 -0400
> > Subject: Re: ipv6 flaw
> > To: edit@...et.com.au
> > Cc: Eugene Teo <eugene@...hat.com>
> >
> > Dear ZDnet,
> >
> > This story:
> http://www.zdnet.com.au/4chan-finds-linux-kernel-flaw-for-attacks-339306657.htm
> >  is someone talking straight out of their ass. We have no such
> > exploit, If we did have such an exploit, there is absolutely no way we
> > would share it with external parties. Not 4chan, not anyone. Due to
> > the immense success and resiliency of the Linux platform, a 0-day
> > kernel remote is worth serious money ($100k+ if you know the right
> > buyers), and we would have given it to the highest bidder or put it on
> > Bugtraq for maximum industry publicity. We would not have given it
> > away for free to ineffectual idiots in their moms basements who aren't
> > accomplishing anything.
> >
> > Beyond that, many of my closest friends make their living off of
> > intellectual property. I do not support defacement and DDoS as a
> > method of protest against anything, especially not a childish protest
> > against copyright. Authors have a right to charge however much they
> > please for their creative works. The people involved with these DDoS
> > attacks and web site defacements need to grow up and do something
> > useful with their lives.
> >
> > This article is ridden with a number of verifiably false errors. I'm
> > sure a quick talk with Eugene from the Red Hat Linux corporation (he
> > is cc'd to this email) could get you in touch with Linus who could
> > confirm that no such communication with us ever existed. In addition,
> > while I am probably one of the most skilled web application and
> > browser exploit hackers in the world, I do not do kernel bugs. I have
> > never done kernel work, with the exception of some stuff I did years
> > ago related to Mac OS X kext. Every single bit of my previous public
> > research has been related to a web browser bug or a web application
> > bug. If someone in Goatse Security were to be involved with the
> > creation of a kernel-related exploit, it would not be me.
> >
> > Lastly, my contact info is amazingly public. I was awake and checking
> > my email when your story was posted, and for the 11 or so hours
> > preceeding it. I have also talked with reporters at ZDnet previously,
> > including ZDnet Australia. So the next time you have the urge to print
> > libelous, sensational misinformation defaming both the integrity of my
> > information security working group and the security of Linux, please
> > give me an e-mail or phonecall first. The contact info is on the
> > Goatse Security website. I should be informed of this stuff by your
> > "journalists" (who are supposed to do things such as contact parties
> > involved in a suspect claim from a random anonymous idiot on the
> > Internet) and not someone from a major software vendor.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > weev
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Eugene Teo <eugene@...hat.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Weev,
> >>
> >> I read a ZDNet news report that you have discovered a Linux kernel
> vulnerability, and I am wondering if you will be willing to share the
> technical details of the flaw.
> >>
> >>
> http://www.zdnet.com.au/4chan-finds-linux-kernel-flaw-for-attacks-339306657.htm
> >>
> >> Thanks, Eugene
> >> --
> >> Eugene Teo / Red Hat Security Response Team
> >
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