On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:44:52 -0500 Kenneth E Tomiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:15:15 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe :><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :>>I not only agree, I get a very uncomfortable feeling just hearing :>>about the excercise. I know I'm more paranoid than most, but if :>>I really wanted to hose over a system I might pretend to be from a :>>consulting firm and ask a bunch of system programmers for a list of :>>hacks that would stretch the abilities of other system programmers. :>>That's probably not at all what's involved here, but I don't like thefeel :>>of it. Then they wouldn't be asking for hacks requiring special authority. :>If this company being asked to test the SysProgs is legit, they could always :>corrupt their own system, then back up the dump to tape and ask the :>SysProg to shoot the bug they caused by doing unnatural acts. Maybe they want to do the test under pressure? -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
