1993-06-08 - Re: CERT
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From: TJO <space2@stein.u.washington.edu>
To: julf@penet.FI (Johan Helsingius)
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UTC Datetime: 1993-06-08 18:30:42 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 11:30:42 PDT
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From: TJO <space2@stein.u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 11:30:42 PDT
To: julf@penet.FI (Johan Helsingius)
Subject: Re: CERT
In-Reply-To: <9306081800.aa08835@penet.penet.FI>
Message-ID: <9306081830.AA26885@stein.u.washington.edu>
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> > i am disappointed to hear these stories about cert, but encourage others
> > with tales to tell to step forward. this is a real eye-opener.
>
> I just had to deal with a minor crisis caused by CERT. They contacted the
> domain-admin for the *.fi domain, saying they had been informed that the
> anonymous ftp archive at anon.penet.fi was being used to distribute
> illegal copies of software. They did *not* contact me directly, nor my
> service provider.
How is it that Cert (which to my knowledge is an organization run by
Carnegie-Mellon in Pittsburg,PA (USA)) should come to have any influence
on a domain in finland? They are not to my knowledge a gov't organization
although they may be funded by some.. hmm. Doesn't their name stand for
computer EMERGENCY response taskforce or something like that? They should have
no business bothering you unless you requested some kind of assistance from
them, IMHO. The same goes for the berkeley site... I'd definitely be
interested in hearing who they think they are working for and under whose
authority they are becoming netpolice.
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- 1993-06-08 (Tue, 8 Jun 93 02:46:26 PDT) - CERT - Clark Reynard <clark@metal.psu.edu>
- 1993-06-08 (Tue, 8 Jun 93 03:34:30 PDT) - Getting on CERT’s “Most Dangerous” List - tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
- 1993-06-08 (Tue, 8 Jun 93 08:47:19 PDT) - re: Getting on CERT’s “Most Dangerous” List - eichin@cygnus.com (Mark Eichin)
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- 1993-06-08 (Tue, 8 Jun 93 03:34:30 PDT) - Getting on CERT’s “Most Dangerous” List - tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)