> From firewalls-owner @
GreatCircle .
COM Wed Mar 22 22:51:58 1995
> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 12:05:15 +1000
> From: David Purdue <davidp @
knowledge .
com .
au>
> To: firewalls @
greatcircle .
com
> Subject: Re: SATAN
>
> Michael Nelson <mikenel @
netcom .
com> sez:
> > On Wed, 22 Mar 1995, Bob Fillmore 992-2832 wrote:
> > > Seems to me that there should be a secure way for an organization
> > > such as CERT to release a tool like this a month or two in advance
> > > to bona fide domain technical contacts, as registered by the InterNIC.
> >
> > You cannot assume that just because someone is a domain contact they are
> > not going to spread the utility for nefarious purposes. Just because
> > they are listed doesn't necessarily mean they are honest...
>
> On the other hand, you also can't assume that just because someone is the
> legitimate sysadmin for a domain that they are registered with CERT.
> Maybe they should be, but that does not mean that they are.
>
> They folks who need SATAN most may not even know of its existence.
>
>
> DavidP
>
you mean there's someone out there with a connected net who lives in such a cave that
he doesn't know about SATAN, wow I bet he's sheltered from OJ also, wish I was him......:)
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David Schiffrin
Systems Engineer
MicroAge, San Diego
(619)566-1900 x7692
daves @
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