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Subject: Re: replying to apparently false accusations by my former co-worker Jeff Sadayao
From: peter @ nmti . com (Peter da Silva)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 11:46:00 -0600 (CST)
To: merlyn @ teleport . com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Cc: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <199512131909 . LAA13755 @ desiree . teleport . com> from "Randal L. Schwartz" at Dec 13, 95 11:09:50 am

> I made no changes to your firewall configuration.  I operated entirely
> within the way you had set it up.  What "hole" is that?  I merely
> opened a socket while I was at my desk at Intel and then used the
> socket later from outside to stay on top of my mail and handle burning
> issues for the short periods while I was gone *strictly for the
> benefit of the company*.

Wow.

I'm sure glad my firewall is a proxy type, if this is what contractors feel
free to do. You should *certainly* have checked with intel before doing that.

Regardless of your intentions, that's a heck of a backdoor for some
enterprising young cracker to take advantage of.


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