[ale] OT: I find this disturbing
Geoffrey
esoteric at 3times25.net
Fri Sep 26 09:37:39 EDT 2003
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
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