I 2nd that. Just when I think I know a good deal on a given subject Mr. Dave
watts always comes through with another side of things or other ways in
which I learn a great deal. I always find his posts to be very knowledgeable
& helpful in many ways. He should be commended not belittled.
Mike
>From: "Duane Boudreau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: The +.htr bug strikes again
>Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 15:17:46 -0500
>
> > 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.
>
>Very well said! I always look forward to reading Dave's posts because of
>the
>quality and thinking put in them.
>
>Happy Holidays,
>Duane
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > ----- 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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