On 10/25/98 12:11 AM, Information Security (guy@panix.com) passed this wisdom:

ZDnet just sent out a newsletter promoting a series of stories, including this one:

# IS YOUR KID A HACKER? # Is your teen hacking the Pentagon instead of doing homework? # How to tell -- and how to handle it. Convicted hacker Kevin # Mitnick gives his views. # # http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/zdnu98102501/www.zdnet.com/familypc/content/9 810/columns/parental.html

No mention of Mitnick.

They apparently meant to name the article author 'Kevin Poulsen'.

# It happened to my family 15 years ago, in one of the first hacker raids in the # country. At that time, I was the teenage miscreant who was illegally accessing # federal computers. Now, in my early thirties, I've begun to wonder how I would # protect a kid of my own from becoming a poster child for computer crime. I believe # the best approach is to stay informed and to communicate with your potential # cyberpunks.

That reminds me. For those who haven't seen it, there is a commercial showing a little girl (about 8?) walking into an airport, dizzied by all the destination choices. The narrative turns to ~"and the Internet too has many destinations, not all of which she is ready for. Travel together..."

All things considered, better than the Federales approach.

actually it sounds more like "Reefer Madness" nineties style. Brian B. Riley --> http://members.macconnect.com/~brianbr For PGP Keys <mailto:brianbr@together.net?subject=Get%20PGP%20Key> "The first 75% of the project takes 90% of the time; the last 15% of the project takes the other 90% of the time. -- Barry Wainwright and numerous ofthe engineers