Re: Foundstone - keeping free tools from the public

["Ryan Parr" <ryanparr () thejamescompany com>]

Please disregard this. I spoke too soon. My soapbox have been dusty...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Parr" <ryanparr () thejamescompany com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: Foundstone - keeping free tools from the public


> I think that a community wide boycott of Foundstone, Inc and it's
affiliates
> is in order. In fact, I think that *not* boycotting this company and those
> who choose to not boycott it as well would be criminally unethical.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bettyford5555 () yahoo com>
> To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 8:44 AM
> Subject: Foundstone - keeping free tools from the public
>
>
> > What does the community think of this news -
> > http://www.ntobjectives.com/pressrelease_lawsuit.html?  Seems big
> > Foundstone is trying to keep others from releasing free tools to the
> > community.  Maybe I'm misinterpreting, but didn't they used to talk
about
> > the benefits of providing these types of tools to combat hacking?
> > Perhaps I'm wrong and just misunderstanding their position.