Re: Warning: ShareSniffer Released

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From: Hal Burgiss
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 16:46

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On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:35:10 -0000, Justin M. Streiner <streiner@remove-to-mail-meDOTcluebyfour.org> wrote:
>
>Unfortunately, people like you are in the vast minority.  Some ISPs may
>be compelled to take action based on legal/political/internal
>pressures.

The problem with this is that once the word 'secure' becomes part of an
ISPs offering, they assume some degree of liability. My hunch is most
ISPs don't want to touch this with a 10' pole, and will avoid it like
the plague it is.

-- 
Hal B
 hal@foobox.net
 hal@burgiss.net
 hburgiss@bellsouth.net
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arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.atl.bellsouth.net.MISMATCH!newsfeed.atl!news1.atl.POSTED!localhost!hal

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From: hal@burgiss.net (Hal Burgiss)
Newsgroups: comp.security.firewalls,bellsouth.net.security,comp.dcom.xdsl,comp.dcom.modems.cable
Subject: Re: Warning: ShareSniffer Released
References: <3A966412.9336DCD8@mynetwatchman.com> <1orc9t0dblf72e35c9vvjj562kfff17vmm@can.gov> <OTul6.2816$L04.327284@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <slrn99d0dc.5a2.streiner@lurch.noc.sgi.net>
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