Re: SCADA Security Corruption

["worried security" <worriedsecurity () googlemail com>]

On Feb 17, 2008 10:11 PM,  <beenthere () hush com> wrote:
> So what's the point, Ghostrider, other than character assassination
> (or is that asinine-sasion)?
>
> Simply by highlighting what is at most dubious information, you
> present it as fact and leave the rest to now-public conjecture.
>
> What is your relation to the guy?  Indeed, when were you
> fired...and for what?
>
> Even if your grudge-specific accusation had a smidgen of truth,
> exactly how many people sharing that name are in the US..or the
> world for that matter?  If you goto:
>  http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/namesearch.html  one can get a
> pretty good idea how common the name is, and work the
> statistics yourself...  Better yet, if I goto a search engine
> starting with Za...I find 5 different people with the same name,
> residing anywhere from beautiful Bakersfield, Ca to McCalla,
> Alabama (don't forget your Banjo, pig, and slobbering 'Tard, 'ya
> hear?).
>
> The odds seem to be...lacking, Ghostrider.
>
> What a nasty, spiteful and cheap way to air your grievance against
> someone -- one can only hope the groundwork you're laying doesn't
> come back to bite you, hard, when the Karma PoPo demand unfettered
> access inside 'yer head.
>
> Let's be honest here, perhaps a rare, seminal event for 'ya --
> you're not performing research, you're trying to throw this guy
> under a bus, an inquisition by any other name -- and I'm calling
> you out.
>
> Ghostrider, the question to everyone's answer is usually found from
> within, and I hope the looking glass doesn't hurt too much when
> it's pointed your way some day.
>
> -BeenThere
>
> p.s. Have you seen what the average SCADA admin looks like?  One
> guy in these parts looks like he could have walked off the AC/DC
> Tour Bus...and I must say, I can tell when he comes on shift 'cause
> the lights burn just a little brighter.


If SecurityFocus Robert Lemos and HackerFactor Dr Neal Krawetz and the
Funsec crowd can get away with character assassination without legal
action, then some Ghost Rider guy on Full-Disclosure is small fry.

You know what am sayin? ;)

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