hey folks a poem by fnerd It looks like CERT may have a habit of sending accusatory-looking form letters without doing much checking of their own based on who knows what tips. Looks like they need to polish their policies and their prose a little bit. BUT We, too, are a group formed to look into problems of computer security. We, too, respond to security emergencies. We, too, distribute patches to help people improve their security. We, too, send messages--even rumors--back and forth about threatening situations and people we suspect. Sure, our style and emphasis are different, but our charter is very similar to theirs. Let's not let our name or style distract us from our mission or blind us to potential allies. Instead of thinking of them as the heavies and us as the rebels, WHY NOT us as the net-wise older brothers, and them as the enthusiastic amateurs who need some advice and calming down? Eric can write one of his authoritative letters, and we become the voice of reason, the watchers of the watchers, Liberty's eyes. Gentlemen and ladies (I reproach you), remember who we are. -fnerd quote me