1993-06-08 - Re: CERT
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From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
To: julf@penet.fi (Johan Helsingius)
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Reply To: <9306081800.aa08835@penet.penet.FI>
UTC Datetime: 1993-06-08 16:47:28 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 09:47:28 PDT
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From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 09:47:28 PDT
To: julf@penet.fi (Johan Helsingius)
Subject: Re: CERT
In-Reply-To: <9306081800.aa08835@penet.penet.FI>
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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.
[...]
> Fortunately I could tell them that anon.penet.fi didn't even run ftp at
> all, easily verifiable by trying to ftp from anon.penet.fi. They did
> apologize profusely, but somehow that doesn't quite...
Disturbing pattern that CERT contact people about hosts which perform
actions contrary to the wishes of some MIBS. Or is that just paranoia ?
I doubt the NSA/FBI/any_other_government_agencies would be crying if
either anon.penet.fi or soda were taken off the net...
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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)
- 1993-06-08 (Tue, 8 Jun 93 06:13:17 PDT) - Re: CERT - peter honeyman <honey@citi.umich.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)