Re: Will the real hacker please stand up and raise their hand

From: Jay D. Dyson (jdyson@treachery.net)
Date: Wed Jul 19 2006 - 10:11:18 EDT


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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Mark Teicher wrote:

> This would make a great panel talk at BlackHat or DEFCON?? :) Kind of
> reminds me of that talk at BlackHat 2002 "Why blah kiddies s***"..
>
> Can You Ever Trust A Hacker? UBS Trial Puts It To A Test
> http://www.informationweek.com/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=190400435

         An interesting article to be sure, but the beef that the defense
has with Karl Kasper's testimony is pretty much a straw man. Sure, Kasper
works under the name "John Tan" and has been a member of the l0pht.
Neither of those facts are show-stoppers when it comes to his credentials.

         If anything, trying to discredit Kasper's bona fides on those
counts is like trying to dismiss Ehrich Weiss's work in debunking fraud
"psychics" simply because his regular job was as an illusionist and he
operated under the name of Harry Houdini.

- -Jay

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