From: fc@all.net (Fred Cohen)
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 04:25:53 +0800
To: dreschs@austnsc.tandem.com
Subject: Re: Navy hacked by Air Force?
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> On Cypherpunks, fc@all.net (Dr. Frederick B. Cohen) said:
> 
...
> 	Strange, Dr Fred, this isn't the 'actual text' I saw quoted in
> RISKS Digest - did you 'fix' it so that it was a bit more credible?
> 
> Dr Fred's paragraph:
> 
> FBC> 100% wrong - he was an insider, he had a great deal of assitance,
> FBC> he had cryptographic devices and keys, and he had special insider
> FBC> knowledge.  If he was an Air Force captain, he could not have been
> FBC> all that young.  Whizzkids are usually considered teenagers.
> FBC> Anyone know of any teenaged AF captains these days?
> 
> RISKS Digest's paragraph:
> 
> RISKS> 100% wrong - he was an insider, he had a great deal of
> RISKS> assistance, he had cryptographic devices and keys, and he had
> RISKS> special insider knowledge.  If he was a Navy captain, he could
> RISKS> not have been all that young.  Whizzkids are usually considered
> RISKS> teenagers.  Anyone know of any teenaged Navy captains?

Credible? No.  Accurate? Yes.  We all make mistakes, and whenever I find
one that I've made, I try to admit it and fix it ASAP.  What's not
credible is people who don't correct mistakes when they find them. 

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