Re: Update on Packet Storm

[Cristiano Lincoln Mattos <lincoln@hotlink.com.br>]

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Cristiano Lincoln Mattos			   Recife / Brazil

On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Illuminatus Primus wrote:

> +----[ On Thu, Jul 01, at 11:10PM(+0200), Rik van Riel wrote: ]--------------
> | now that packet storm has been removed from the net and
> | backups have (allegedly) been destroyed, it is time for
> 
> Maybe not!
> 
> According to this Slashdot post (which can certainly be 100% false),
> the Packet Storm files are being returned:
> 
> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=99/07/01/1551244&threshold=-1&commentsort=3&mode=thread&cid=262
> 
>            Harvard Statement (Score:3, Informative)
>            by Gartmeister (dangartner at mediaone dot net) 
>            on Thursday July 01, @05:46PM EDT (#262)
>            (User Info) http://people.ce.mediaone.net/dangartner
> 
>            Dont know if this was posted already or not: 
> 
>            ======================= 
>            * S T A T E M E N T * 
> 
>            As a service to the Internet community, Harvard agreed to
>            host a Packet Storm Security Website for security-related
>            materials only. Without Harvard's knowledge, unrelated
>            content was put on the Harvard server, including
>            sexually-related material and personal attacks on an
>            individual not affiliated with the University. A Harvard
>            administrative site focused on security issues is not the
>            forum for this type of material. We are returning the content
>            on the site and hope that Packet Storm will make its
>            security tools available through its own Website. 
> 
>            Joe Wrinn
>            Director
>            Office of News and Public Affairs
> 
>            Seems to me that harvard is giving Ken his site back. 
> 
>            -If you can, be happy. If you can't, fuck shit up.
> -=-=-
> It's probably a good idea to keep whatever copies of files anyone has
> until this "statement" is confirmed.. I think it's a bit suspicious
> that the author didn't provide the source of the text.
> 
> We'll see!  Let's hope for the best.. and if it comes back, set up
> several mirrors world-wide.
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