[Full-Disclosure] Re: MS04-025 - Ignorance is truly bliss....
Barry Fitzgerald bkfsec at sdf.lonestar.org Fri Aug 6 16:48:47
BST 2004  Ferguson at netsys.com wrote:  >On Thursday, 5 August
2004, hellNbak wrote: >The Internet is no longer a world of
hippie hacker idealists, but quite simply  >a global market.
Because of lack of centralized authority overseeing it  >(wasn't
that what you fought for?), it is a wild style economy, often
driven  >by shoddy practices and cutting corners where customers
won't notice, or >marketing on the verge of deceit. This is how
we do big business - honesty, >altruism, and respect for ideals
were never its strong sides, unless you >could get a tax break
doing those. I agree with this...  >But then, were the Internet
and IT security still merely a hobby of a bunch >of enthusiasts,
you wouldn't be getting your paycheck, would you?  I disagree
here -- unless you're going to try to prove that those who
created this technology weren't paid.  We have tons of example
of  so-called "h