[ale] OT: I find this disturbing

[Geoffrey]

Irv wrote:
> --- Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> 
>>'Daniel E. Geer Jr., one of the primary authors of a
>>report Reliance On 
>>MS A Danger To National Security, was fired from
>>@stake Thursday morning.'
>>
>>Now Daniel won't have a hard time finding work, I
>>assure you, but this 
>>is quite disturbing...
>>
>>http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-5082649.html
>>
> 
> 
> Not me. I find it curiously refreshing - @stake has 
> publicly stated "we're a company who's employees
> aren't allowed to tell the truth". So now I know who
> *not* to consult when security is a concern.

I agree with you from the perspective of @stake.  I've talked to Daniel 
at a number of USENIX conferences and he has been published in login; a 
number of times as well.  He is highly regarded in the security 
community (as far as I can tell) and I place him in the same regard.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey	esoteric at 3times25.net

Building secure systems inspite of Microsoft