Sure wish I had seen this earlier. Oh well, I guess thats what happens when you stick your head inside a Hobbit hole for three years and don't come out.

I feel I must reitterate L0phT =! @stake. Please do not confuse what I consider to be the good work of the L0pht with the corporate nonense that is @stake.

As for Dan and everyone else that works there they should have seen the writing on the wall three years ago when they fired my poor ass. Remember me, Space Rogue? HNN? All Gone. Why? I can only speculate but I think they felt that a critical mouthpiece would not be a good thing. Sound familiar? Hard to get someone to sign a big contract if you might call them names the next day.

Dan is a remarkable person. His mind works like no other person I have ever met. Don't feel sorry for him. Trust me, he is in a better place now.

Microsoft has continued its embrace, extend and I assume, extinguish policy with regards to information security. How? By hiring several of the people who were critical of the organization. Yes, that means previous @stake, Guardent, Foundstone, etc employees. That also means hackers, all who now work for the Giant in Redmond. Keep your enemies close. What better way to silence your critics than to hire them. Then you can keep them silent until they no longer pose a threat and dispose of them quietly at a later time when no one is looking.

Oh well, life goes on, the Internet is as insecure as ever, companies are still able to hide thier vulnerability, risks are not taken seriously and hackers still roam free. Nothing has changed, and nothing will until such time that people stop trusting everything that is spoon feed by anyone looking to make a buck. Yeah, I'm cynical. Sue me.

- SR

spacerog@spacerogue . net

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