Re: Hacker Emergency Response Team
On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 09:17:54AM -0500, Elie Rosenblum wrote:
> And thus spake Anthony C . Zboralski, on Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 11:29:33AM +0100:
> > I didn't have time to work a lot for Debian lately but i hope
> > this project will help the unix community in general.
> >
> > Also i will package for Debian all the GPL security tools we are
> > currently developping.
> >
> > We have just started the Hacker Emergency Response Team as a
> > better alternative to CERT.
> >
> > please check www.hert.org.
> >
> > We have lots of work right now and we might need help.
>
> Unless 'hacker' refers to the members of the team, you've already lost
> a lot of credit in the eyes of clueful people, as calling an attacker
> a hacker is a terribly annoying misuse of the word when there are many
> more appropriate terms.
I agree. Some friends call me an hacker (note that I don't name myself so)
and I am very proud of it (mmm... some ways at least). Plz, call it the
Cracker Emergency Response Team. Ciao,
Federico, (mom I want to be an hacker!)
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