Re: No sellout. was: RE: Lynn / Cisco shellcode

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On 8/1/05, Holden Williamson <limeyhaqr () gmail com> wrote:
> On 7/29/05, Dennis Cox <dcox () tippingpoint com> wrote:
> > Man - that was a great Archie Bunker impression. I assume you were just
> > trying to be funny right? The world did change:
> >
> > 1. Lynn is out of a job
>
> Mark my words, this is going to be best thing to happen to his career
> in a long time, and he knows it.
>
> > 2. Cisco is going to take security vulnerabilities a bit more seriously
>
> Yeah, right. And that's why they ran around like headless chickens
> trying to censor the information. Cisco are still treating it like a
> PR issue, ala Microsoft for so many years.
>
> > 3. Security Researchers are going to treat Cisco like crap for a bit
>
> As in piss all over the software finding a lot of bugs in a short time
> the way a lot of guys did to Windows RPC or as in write snide and
> condescending articals on slashdot and mailing lists trying to
> convince themselves they have all the angles on Security Superority?
>
> > 4. BlackHat attendance is going to go WAY up next year (look for more press
> > coverage for sure)
> > 5. <insert next step>
> > 6. Profit!
>
> So there we have it. Net result of Michael Lynn's contribution to the
> world of security thus far: More money in the back pocket Jeff Moss.
>
> \o/ GO TEAM \o/
>
> I bet mom's real proud.
>
> -holden
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