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["David R. Matusiak" <dave AT matusiak.org>]

On Thursday, January 2, 2003, at 01:01  PM, zman wrote:

> personally I don't know why everyone makes a big fuss about Mitnick.

well, it could be that he was able to bypass security at 10+ of the 
world's biggest software and computer development firms, download 
whatever the flip he wanted, and leave without so much as a blip on a 
screen.  truly fascinating, and considering how much further internal 
security has improved since then, he may be the last of the "lone 
ranger" types.  a freakin' hero to millions of pimply-faced, immature 
30 yr olds.

oh, and that he put Raleigh on the map as far as computer crime.  :)

> Obviously Tsutomu Shimomura's kung fu was much stronger...

not quite.  i think the way this was abused by the media made Tsutomu 
appear much brighter than he is.  no doubt, he is a sharp one -- 
running IDS software on his internal home net years before that was 
either commonplace or easy-to-implement.  but still, he was just an 
annoyance to Mitnick and his (Kevin's) downfall probably had more to do 
with his desire to taunt and humiliate Shimomura than anything else.

Mitnick also had a radio show, which the feds made him give up (IIRC).  
can't touch a computer (or anything computer-like; i.e. cell-phones, 
fancy watches, etc) for several years.  so, he wrote a book.  i hope he 
can get back into the game soon and help whip critical infrastructure 
computing security into shape.

we'll see...
/drm

> On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 machett AT ibiblio.org wrote:
> > anyone notice that Kevin Mitnick has a book out?
> > apparantly he's reformed now, working for the Man...
> >
> > -Alan
>
> Scott H. Zekanis