On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 4:00 AM, Keith Medcalf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Reportedly started by someone operating under the name "Flyman," RBN is >> known as the mother of cybercrime among online investigators. François >> Paget, senior expert for the McAfee company, says that RBN began as an >> Internet provider and offered "impenetrable" hosting for $600 a month. >> This meant a guarantee that it would not give out information about >> its clients, no matter what business they were in. > > This is a commendable position and one that should be the default for all > businesses. Severe penalties (such as cutting out of the tongue or cutting > off hands) should be dealt to anyone who releases private information without > having first ensured that such disclosure is in accordance with a properly > obtained court order issued by a competent court in a public hearing (and no, > administrative tribunals are not courts of law). >
Wow. I always knew there existed some alternate universe where the RBN were actually the good guys. Didn't expect to find it so fast, and on nanog at that. -- Suresh Ramasubramanian ([email protected])
