Re: FLAME

giorgos adamopoulos (el90118@central.ntua.gr)
Thu, 8 Feb 1996 16:12:12 +0200 (EET) 

*bows in*

> You are a criminal (or ex-criminal) then.

And he got prosecuted and payed, so he is cleared; period.

> > Since i cannot do anymore hacking without facing the risk to
> > go back in jail.. I thought i could use my skills in the
> > computer security community. 

Here's one:  How can you make yor customer believe you, when you'll say
that there's no backdoor on the system installed by you?

> It is my opinion that anybody who would hire a computer criminal to work
> on computer security deserves to lose all of their information assets -
> and probably will.  It's about as smart as hiring a convicted child sex
> offender to run a daycare center.

Oh come on!  If someone was carried away and did some cracking, that 
does not mean that he cannot use his abilities and turn his interests
to security.  And no one should deny a second chance to anyone.

> > I am also working on an unix intrusion detector based on new
> > concepts.. and will open a computer security company during the 
> > year.

The big problem you will be (and you are now) facing, is that you have
to try twice as hard to prove your credibility.  No one will doubt your
knowledge, but there will be plenty who will doubt your intentions.  
Supposing that we are clients, what evidence can you give us, that what
you (will) sell is best and will do the job?  (You should consider your
"fame" as minus though).

> Please let us know the name of the company when you start it so we can
> tell all of our clients to avoid it.

Will they?

Should you wanna flame an "ex-criminal" you should think twice.  Flaming
does not make you a better person, not even a better proffessional; it
simply downgrades you.  It is the skills of every individual that makes
the difference, not the flaming, nor the past.  After all we are "supposed"
to live in a society where everyone has the right to pay the price for his
actions and have a second chance to make up.

*bows out*
-- 
giorgos adamopoulos (el90118@central.ntua.gr)

		``We who are not as others'' -- Sepultura.