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Kellogg's must have been shaking in their boots. All the ISP CEO's that eat steak and eggs for breakfast were going to boycott Corn Flakes and Eggo's and those Keebler cookies... Anyway, found this on another list...Take it for what it's worth. -Ron -----Original Message----- EDITED From: Spam Prevention Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of xxxx xxxxxx Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 3:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BLOCK, MEDIA, MISC: City Settles Dispute with orbz.org al listed. > March 21, 2002 > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > Contact: Michelle Reen, Assistant to the City Manager, +1 616 966 3378 > (Fax +1 616 966 6654) > > City Settles Dispute with orbz.org > > BATTLE CREEK, MI - City officials have agreed not to pursue charges > against Ian Gulliver, a 20-year-old systems administrator from Ghent, > New York, and the administrator of orbz.org. Gulliver is an anti-spam > activist that sent an email to the City and caused a major slowdown of > its mail server. > "We are satisfied that Mr Gulliver intends to provide a service by creating > a blacklist of vulnerable servers. In fact we recognise that he has done > us a service. We are going to be taking a close look at our policies > regarding Lotus security updates and how we can avoid the issue in general." > said Reen. In turn, however, we have asked him to reconsider his policy of > making unannounced tests on servers. In today's computerized world it is > everyone's responsibility to maintain a secure system. > > "But, if I can draw the analogy that just because everyone should wear a > computerised bulletproof vest doesn't mean that shooting people to find > out who isn't wearing one is the best answer. If Mr. Gulliver chooses to > do this, he perhaps shouldn't be surprised that he will occasionally be > confused with the type of individual he is fighting against. Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
