Re: RBN and it's spin-offs

[Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists () gmail com>]

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 4:00 AM, Keith Medcalf <kmedcalf () dessus com> wrote:
> > Reportedly started by someone operating under the name "Flyman," RBN is
> > known as the mother of cybercrime among online investigators. François
> > Paget, senior expert for the McAfee company, says that RBN began as an
> > Internet provider and offered "impenetrable" hosting for $600 a month.
> > This meant a guarantee that it would not give out information about
> > its clients, no matter what business they were in.
>
> This is a commendable position and one that should be the default for all businesses.  Severe penalties (such as 
> cutting out of the tongue or cutting off hands) should be dealt to anyone who releases private information without 
> having first ensured that such disclosure is in accordance with a properly obtained court order issued by a competent 
> court in a public hearing (and no, administrative tribunals are not courts of law).


Wow.  I always knew there existed some alternate universe where the
RBN were actually the good guys.  Didn't expect to find it so fast,
and on nanog at that.


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Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists () gmail com)