On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Joey Mengele wrote:
> Dear Fatboy,
>
> Let's put aside for a minute the fact that you have no idea what
You like people on the heavy side? Psst... call me.
> you are talking about and let's also, for the benefit of this very
> valuable debate, assume your definition is correct. First, please
> prove this bug was never used in the wild. After that, please prove
On 1/15/10 6:40 PM, Thor (Hammer of God) wrote:
> I could only imagine. The other problem is that many people seem to think I'm saying something against the Chinese *people* themselves, based on the "f* you round-eye* messages I've received (and they call ME racist). They don't seem to get the clear distinction (to me) between the Chinese people and China's network. It's the machines I'm concerned with the attacks coming from those machine. Just because the machine is sourced in China doesn't mean the attacker is - so I have to do the best I can to defend against the machines. However, that unfortunately comes across to those who choose not to think it through as me saying something against the Chinese themselves.
>
> Then again, as you well know, people will take any opportunity they can just to be ugly and confrontational, and to have something to rail about. In the face of the reality of China's horribly infected network, when I suggest blocking that traffic (as many others have and do), they seize the opportunity to call me prejudice and a racist.
The Chinese network is indeed very infected, which in turn causes the
rest of the world great computerized harm. Nobody disputes this.
The solution of blocking China, however, is one which harms both people
outside of China, as well as those inside of China. Therefore, it
> I could only imagine. The other problem is that many people seem to think I'm saying something against
> the Chinese *people* themselves, based on the "f* you round-eye* messages I've received (and they call
> ME racist). They don't seem to get the clear distinction (to me) between the Chinese people and China's
> network. It's the machines I'm concerned with the attacks coming from those machine. Just because the
> machine is sourced in China doesn't mean the attacker is - so I have to do the best I can to defend against
> the machines. However, that unfortunately comes across to those who choose not to think it through as me
> saying something against the Chinese themselves.
> Then again, as you well know, people will take any opportunity they can just to be ugly and confrontational,
> and to have something to rail about. In the face of the reality of China's horribly infected network, when I
* 28.07.2009: preliminary vulnerability report sent to D. S.
* 29.07.2009: contacted D. S. asking whether he has had a chance to look
into the report. Set deadline for fixes to three months
* 29.07.2009: Sebastian Weitmann of Balans Incorporated Limited, the official
SQL-Ledger partner in Germany contacts me. He has been
sent the report by D. S. and asks if he can call me.
* 29.07.2009: Replied to S. W. with phone number.
* 30.07.2009: Talked to S. W. on the phone and sent hints on how the vulnerabilities
could be fixed to him.
* 03.08.2009: Martin Elmer of leanux.ch AG, Switzerland contacts me. Has has
also been sent the report by D. S. Has some question about the
