[TriLUG] Wireless at Lowes

John Franklin franklin at elfie.org
Mon Dec 1 14:25:41 EST 2003


On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 02:07:12PM -0500, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> But why would you not consider security advice from a cracker?  If
> they are truly a cracker, then they clearly know ways around security?
> Wouldn't you like to learn their ways in order to help combat them?
> Sure, verify everything you learn from other sources, but that applies
> no matter who you are getting security advice from.

All it means is that they know *a* hole.  Maybe two.  Being a "cracker"
shows no indication of knowing the fundamentals of computer security.

jf
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