From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 15:44:28 +0800
To: cmcurtin@ee.net
Subject: Re: libelous action
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Mr. Curtin;

You are too kind. I suspect that 'The Pouch' is a piece of junk,
although the lack of public disclosure makes it impossible to
demonstrate that. If Mr. Holt would like to sue me, he's invited
to. I'm sure he'll be at least as likely to follow up as Karl
Denninger or "Dr." Fred C. Cohen.

Perry

C Matthew Curtin writes:
> JOHN> Dear Mr. Curtin 
> JOHN> Your statements about myself and my product, The
> JOHN> POUCH are defamatory.  Since they have been made in writing and
> JOHN> shown to and seen by other parties on the Internet, they
> JOHN> constitute libel. Please admit to all parties that you have no
> JOHN> personal knowledge of my product capabilities or my personal
> JOHN> character or reputation.  Failure to do so at once will result
> JOHN> in legal action against you personally and Megasoft.
[...]
> I, speaking only on behalf of myself, stand by this statement. I do
> not apologize for my comments. If you, Mr. Holt, feel that this is a
> personal attack against you, I regret that you've misunderstood the
> tone and nature of my post. My statement is hardly libelous; I simply
> observed that if your product is truly secure, there is no means by
> which security experts can verify such claims.