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Re: Re: Deserting Firewall Operator


From: Michael Kaegler <mkaegler () ACADEMIC MARIST EDU>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:52:59 -0500

Please, ladies and gentlemen...
Trends in the United States are turning in favor of sueing rather than fixing. These suggestions seem to be backing 
lawsit/criminal charges in places where simple fixes would save time and skip the politics.
Fix the holes he claims to have found if they are verified or remove his accounts (and change other passwords) if they 
turn out tobe poppycock.
It's just as possible you're attempting to "shoot the messenger" as it is he's just a disgruntled (ex-)employee.
-mKaegler

On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 01:21:05PM -0500, Drew Simonis wrote:
Coen Bongers wrote:
Wat to do, when your "guardian" turns on you?????

I don't know about the laws in your part of the world, but here in
the US you could try to press criminal charges.
[..]
You could also look into a civil case, and hit him in the pocketbook.


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