RE: On Air

From: "Nightline, News MS" To: "'SMTP:schear@lvdi.net'" Subject: RE: On Air Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 13:32:00 -0500 X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0

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from = schear@lvdi.net last_name = Schear subj = On Air first_name = Steve Question = Re: Dec 8, Revolution in a Box, Part 11

The number trotted out on your show of 100,000 penetrations, or attempted penetrations, of Pentagon computers as an indication of poor security is misleading. If you had taken the time to dig behind these numbers you would have found that most all of these intrusions, or attempts, were against DoD computer systems connected to public networks (e.g., Web sites) containing no secret information and with minimal security provisions.

100,000 certainly sounds like a major problem. Suggest you check you facts first, next time and scale your numbers appropriately.

Steve Schear CEO First ECache Corp. _cookie = SWID=4E29F2F7-710A-11D1-82AF-00A0C921A5DB _time = 12/09/97 19:47:40 _ipaddress = 208.129.55.202 _user = - - schear@lvdi.net