Re: Hacker Emergency Response Team

[Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org>]

Federico Di Gregorio wrote:
> 
> 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,
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  Hmmm... CERT?

  I'm afraid that would get confused with another well-known group.

  Maybe we could call it the Cracker Investagative Association.
  
  Cheers,
  -Mitch