Re: Qualche commento su Gibson ?

On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 03:11:17AM +0200, Igor Falcomata' wrote:
> > Mi piacerebbe che motivassi la fuffa e ciccolataggine (o cioccolataggine
> > :-) )...trovo molto istruttivo il paper sui BOT , motivati i timori , anche
> "Nothing more than the whim of a 13-year
> old hacker is required to knock any user,
> site, or server right off the Internet."
Giusto un forward di un forward per avere il polso della situazione
anche in ambienti diversi dal nostro: questo viene da vuln-dev
dove e' arrivato dalla lista di nmap.

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Here are what I consider my 2 cents to above message :

This was Posted to nmap mailing list (The moderater note is not
from a securityfocus moderator but from Fyodor):

Steve Gibson is a media slut and should be treated as such.  If you look 
at how he writes up things on his own web site, you can see they're made   
to look just like how they might in print.  In my surveying of what he's
done, he's done...well...nothing very exciting.  His "nanoprobes" were
really lame (a different spin on what nmap does) and if people would
just start ignoring him, we'd be much better off.

[ Moderator note: I agree 100% with Darren & Andy.  Gibson is a
  charlatan whose "research" is written for clueless media reporters
  (for press attention) and the teeming masses of internet newbies (to
  whom he sells various products).  His "findings" are not new, are
  always filled with massive hyperbole, and are frequently completely
  false.  Instead of presenting evidence to prove his points, he tends
  to just state them using goofy blue or green fonts as if that
  somehow adds credibility.  We recommend avoiding this guy!

-Fyodor ]

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ciao :),
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