Re: risk asessment in edu

[Wes Young <wcyoung () BUFFALO EDU>]

It's interesting to me that a non-edu address works on an edu-specific
security discussion list at all. Student project or not...

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... an EPIC FAIL would have been using the phrase "IMPORTANT" in the
original post. :)

On Jun 18, 2009, at 4:41 PM, jeff murphy wrote:

> On Jun 18, 2009, at 4:32 PM, Bob Bayn wrote:
>
> > Dennis Meharchand commented about "reflect ocean"
> >
> > > You've not identified yourself - How do we know that you are not
> > > phishing?
> > > A Gmail address and a name such as Reflect Ocean looks dubious.
> >
> >
> > I was likewise skeptical.    Maybe it's time for reflect ocean to
> > identify
> > him/herself and institutional affiliation.  We're all friends and
> > fellow
> > professionals here; we shouldn't have to hide behind pseudonyms.
>
>
>
> My first thought was "this is probably a student fishing for an
> answer to a class question/project". You periodically see that on
> nanog, etc.

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Wes Young
University at Buffalo
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