Re: Sriharsha Karamchati Kicked Out of Nmap GSoC for Cheating

["Barry Allard" <barry.allard () gmail com>]

It makes all concerned look bad, and not taking measures, even for appearances' sake, looks even worse.—
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On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Ron Bowes <ron () skullsecurity net> wrote:

> Fyodor can speak to it better, but realistically in all the students
> that have come through, this is the first time it's been an issue. I
> don't suspect it's a big enough problem to try solving just yet. :)
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Barry Allard <barry.allard () gmail com> wrote:
> > PS not that it would stop plagiarism, but maybe ask some FOSS ethics
> > questions.
> > —
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> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Barry Allard <barry.allard () gmail com>
> > wrote:
> > > Maybe require a tech phone screen for all candidates and have a short
> > > waiting list should a selected candidate/s drop for any reason.  Otherwise,
> > > it may make the sponsors / sponsors' org look bad.
> > >
> > >
> > > Barry
> > >
> > > —
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> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Ron Bowes <ron () skullsecurity net> wrote:
> > > > Robin - I believe the 'cheating' was on the application itself, not to
> > > > Nmap code. When it came to actually writing code, I don't believe he
> > > > contributed much if anything.
> > > >
> > > > Ron
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Robin Wood <robin@digi.ninja> wrote:
> > > > > I've not followed what he submitted but is there any way to use any of
> > > > > it
> > > > > if the original authors are OK with it?
> > > > >
> > > > > May as well salvage what we can.
> > > > >
> > > > > Robin
> > > > > On 2 Jul 2014 04:10, "Fyodor" <fyodor () nmap org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi folks. I'm sorry to report that we had to remove Sriharsha
> > > > > > Karamchati
> > > > > > from the Nmap GSoC program after he was caught cheating :(. It turns
> > > > > > out
> > > > > > that most of his coding samples were blatantly plagiarized from others
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > he apparently can't program at more than a very elementary level.
> > > > > > Sriharsha even convinced a real IPv6 researcher to send him
> > > > > > pre-publication research, which Sriharsha then submitted to us as his
> > > > > > own
> > > > > > work after removing the true author's name from every single slide.
> > > > > > The
> > > > > > saddest part is that we had to reject many worthy, talented and honest
> > > > > > applicants who could have done great things with the position.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The only good news is that, of the 68 students we've mentored during
> > > > > > our
> > > > > > decade in the GSoC program, Sriharsha is the first one we had to
> > > > > > remove for
> > > > > > cheating. Let's hope he is also the last!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > Fyodor
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