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Make a dent in the universe. Find something that needs improvement: go there and fix things. If not you, then who? {he/they}

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Today is the anniversary of the testimony I and other members of the l0pht gave to the US Senate in 1998. It was the first time the US Govt. publicly referenced “hackers” in a positive context. The coverage was national and even international. Come behind the scenes. /Thread
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1985 - *Microsoft Press* -
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The irony of MSFT publishing this book (fun book btw) is they would go on to actively hunt down people discussing security issues, or reporting security issue to MSFT, attempting to have their employers fire them. Other intimidation tactics were used as well. Microsoft has admittedly come a long way in changing behavior and building a much better large scale SecDev process. Still, I occasionally look at this book, the fact that it was published by Microsoft Press, and chuckle in confusion over the sheer cognitive dissonance.
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Anyone remember Dockmaster (MULTICS) and Radium at NCSC? NCSC being the National Computer Security Center (if you know, you know). Follow up: do any of you remember some type of user and data dump from them just before CFAA was enacted? Like it was a well timed “hehehe”?
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Been a long while since Story Time… I don’t know why this popped into my head, but perhaps there’s something in it someone will find helpful. So here goes
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Postfix: apologies for not being able to provide all of the details here. With much appreciation to the people on those multiple teams. You know who you are. And thank you to the Board and Execs continually demonstrating over the years how much you appreciate the work of your current, AND former staff. Because of that, I have no doubt you will always have a pipeline of the best future staff eager to join. (Word gets around when places play the long game)
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Thank you for the kind words Mike I learned a lot from this What are takeaways others get from this, or have taken away from similar efforts?
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The takeaway ways an obvious cliche, but it had been turned into reality. Set people up to succeed. You can (should) help people grow into areas they want, but you also need to know the strengths, limitations, and actual capabilities at any given moment in time.
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In case you missed our stickers at Defcon this year, here they are. The Last Supper featuring @L0pht, @dotMudge, @WeldPond, @joegrand, @spacerog. Also fuck cancer.
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Taking a moment for a PSA: I still get occasional random messages saying I made a difference, or otherwise encouraged someone at some point. Those messages mean a lot. If someone’s contributions meant something to you along your journey drop them a note. It’s a small thing with big impact. Thanks for the artwork Eddie the Y3t1!
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