At 2:00 PM -0400 on 8/17/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Title: Security Firm to Revive Computer-Defense Site > Resource Type: News Article > Date: August 17, 1999 > Source: NYT (Free Registration Required) > Author: PETER WAYNER > Keywords: KROLL-O'GARA ,PACKET STORM ,WEBSITE TAKEOVER,HACKERS > > Abstract/Summary: > Kroll-O'Gara, the international security consulting firm, said Monday > it would take over an Internet site that not only posted information > about defending computer systems against attacks but also told > how to break into them. > > In the shadowy world of hackers and crackers, it is often hard > to tell the good guys from the bad. Computer-security experts frequently > test systems by breaking into them, and the site, Packet Storm, > posted descriptions of those break-ins. > > Kroll-O'Gara's computer security unit, Securify, which declined to > discuss financial terms of its acquisition, said it planned to > maintain the site's tradition of high-quality information as a way to > market its services. But Kroll-O'Gara executives said that it would > rid the site of its more contentious publications. > > Original URL: >http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/08/biztech/articles/17secure.ht >ml > > Added: Tue Aug 17 9:15:18 -040 1999 > Contributed by: David Dillard ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
