Maybe all of us "older" developers are annoying and dull. Something about
the school of hard knocks. Even if "older" is defined in experience rather
than age. Anyway Dave keep up the good work. I, for one, know that when I
see your name on a post it is worth reading because it will be well thought
out. I don't always agree with you but at least I know that your reasoning
will be logical.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 12:26 PM
Subject: RE: The +.htr bug strikes again
> > I for one appreciate the heads up, not everyone considers
> > people on this list to be script kiddies !! we are all
> > developers here and we don't need mr Watts to baby sit us.
>
> You can call me Dave.
>
> I'm not trying to protect you from yourself, nor am I interested in
> babysitting you. I don't give a rat's ass about you, personally, one way
or
> the other. Merry Chrismas to you, though, and say hi to Bill Wheatley for
> me; he seems like a nice enough guy.
>
> This thread started with someone posting that someone else's site, in
> particular, had a security hole. How does that give you a heads-up? What
> information does that give you that you couldn't get from reading about
the
> vulnerability (use of .htr extensions on IIS)?
>
> Here's an analogy for you. Let's say that I figure out that a generic key
> can open all locks from a particular vendor, and I announce that to the
> world. Hopefully, I'd notify the vendor first, but shortly after that,
> everybody else should know too, so that if they have one of these crappy
> locks on their front door, they can fix it or switch to another lock.
That's
> good disclosure. On the other hand, if I say that Mike C. has one of these
> locks on his front door, and he lives at 555 Dumbass Lane, that's not good
> disclosure, is it? You don't have to look at everything like a lawyer to
see
> the difference, do you?
>
> > on the topic of script kiddies, there is another side to
> > that, there is the annoying older internet worker who looks
> > at everything like a lawyer and put disclaimers on everything
> > and want to protect us from ourselves. Gimme the script
> > kiddies anyday, script kiddies grow up to be internet workers
> > and innovators, annoying legally minded (old )programmers are
> > just plain dull
>
> As far as being an "older" internet worker, how old do you think I am? I'm
> kind of curious. I'll grant that I can be annoying and dull.
>
> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
> http://www.figleaf.com/
> voice: (202) 797-5496
> fax: (202) 797-5444
>
>
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