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  • From: Dug Song
  • Date: Tue Jul 18 12:05:56 2000

On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Paul Killey wrote:

> This idea of universities having different problems w/ security than private
> sector outfits I think is nutty.  Also, the combination of Pollyanna-ish
> advice like "don't open enclosures" and "everyone can do their bit" and
> "this stuff is really hard and universities can't get it it done" is causing
> some cognitive dissonance for me.

as is the $500 reward they're offering for a "good" worm to clean things
up. not a bad idea in theory, but...

- -d.

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