[Full-disclosure] The current state of play

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JEB08

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From: "Jeb Bush" <xploitable at gmail.com> 

> People think if something is mentioned on a list then its happening. 
> 
> People think if its not hot on the agenda on a mailing list then its 
> not the hacker agenda. 
> 
> Hackers post things to lists that are different from the real agenda 
> to divert the agenda. 
> 
> We've seen folks blogging about shizzle after a FD post and its funny 
> "they put it on the high priority agenda"....like the SANS diary blog. 
> 
> It is funny the way the world works and the way mailing list poeple 
> "think" and the way mailing lists like FD can become "institutional". 
> 
> If you start relying on a given mailing list after a while it can 
> become "tunnel vision" and in its self become a threat for the comapny 
> you work for, because you trust the given mailing list so much, that 
> you make financial company decisions based on what you see on FD. 
> 
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