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To: Archie Meeties who wrote (12105)	5/20/2000 5:35:00 PM
From: Lola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32883

I think it's good David brought this out into the open. He could have just kept it for his personal amusement. (ggg) I know I would be tempted to if I knew how to do what he does. I'm sure there are alot of hackers out there that use these boards for personal amusement and I don't mean the way the rest of us are doing it. Security is an issue that should be dealt with and if it takes what David did for SI to address the issue then I say good for him. Lola:)

To: Archie Meeties who wrote (12105)	5/20/2000 5:41:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 32883

You have no principles :-)

To: Archie Meeties who wrote (12105)	5/21/2000 1:20:00 PM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32883

David fixed the problem? interesting

To: Archie Meeties who wrote (12105)	5/21/2000 3:10:00 PM
From: username	Respond to of 32883

This kind of thing has been around since the Internet started. There are three kinds of geeks that see these things. The first sees a weakness, looks to see if he can "attack" it, then informs the adversary that he has been beaten. The second does the same thing, but does not inform the "victim". Instead, he or she allows the problem to continue, or worse, takes advantage of it. The recent email virus is a good example. The third simply notices a potential problem and informs the target site that they have a potential problem. Only the second, in my opinion, is a bad fellow. It's impossible to fully understand David's full motives for what he did, but it is obvious that he is not a "hacker". He saw a problem, he pointed it out, and as far as I know, he did not take advantage of it. I would much rather this kind of problem be noticed and handled by somebody that was not bent on seeing my Private Messages, but only intent upon getting the problem handled. The method of the handling is open to discussion, but all security problems need to be known and handled. The bottom line is that everything we put on the Internet has the potential to be known by people that we do not want to know it. The people that find these things and fix them are the people that will make the Internet safe. They are good guys. I'm not saying they are always right, but they are good guys.