From: Paul Schmehl (paulsutdallas.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 14 2005 - 11:50:58 CDT

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--On Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:50:16 PM -0400 "Byron L. Sonne"
<blsonnerogers.com> wrote:
>
> I believe David gravely injured him and was taken far more seriously
> after that.
>
> Perhaps publish the offending address information... if you're getting
> that kind of behaviour originating from their net, I'd wager they have
> other problems and might be more easily exploitable than some other
> address. There are people out there who would appreciate and make use of
> that kind of info. Maybe pick the appropriate high visibility mailing
> list or irc channel.
>
While perhaps personally satisfying, I believe this is very poor advice.
Goliath just might decide that your publishing his exposure to risk put him
at greater risk, and he might decide that *you* should be personally sued
to compensate him for the results of that exposure.

Paul Schmehl (paulsutdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu

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