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Re: Security Researcher Not Particularly Humiliated
From: "Mr Zebedee" <time4bed () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:07:57 -0400
Boing! Very true -- and I agree with the points your making. As a counterbalance of sorts, keep in mind that some of us operate under a pseudonym for entirely legitimate reasons, such as to distance oneself from an employer for legal reasons, or to maintain an air of privacy. I agree that attacking from under the cover of a pseudonym is downright low. The industry needs people like Raven who are willing to be front-and-center, since some of us cannot be. That said, it's a shame that these individuals have to be exposed to humanity's less-than-positive side. Time for bed, Zebedee. On 4/10/07, jf <jf () danglingpointers net> wrote: [snip]
The same can be largely said about hiding behind layers of pseudonyms, it takes a bit of courage for people like Raven to come out in public, not so much because of the random few who would heckle, but because she makes herself visible and gives an identifiable location to attack; because she can potentially be a target. She was correct when she stated that '0-day happens', are any of you so confident in the quality of the code you run? It's an interesting industry we live and work in because even if you've reviewed every line of code in every application and operating system you run, chances are good you missed something, and the fact that many of the people choose to hide behind throw-away email addresses and shifting pseudonyms shows their lack of confidence in their own security, and that to me, is something that should warrant humiliation.
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