Re: Vin McLellan & Charles Mudd On Denial of Service Attacks

[Phillip Hallam-Baker]

I don't think anyone has accussed Markoff of actually falsifying the emails
exchanged between Mitnick and his accomplices and I refered to the book
only to establish that the material was already in the public domain and
not subject to any duty of confidence.

Mitnick was given a chance and let off lightly the first time. It was his 
decision to break parole and commit more crimes. If you can't do the
time then don't do the crime. Four years ain't bad for a second offense.


In response to Steve Mynott: the name cypherpunk is due to John 
Gilmore who was at the time agitating to get the crypto export laws 
lifted. The original agenda was to change society by writting code that 
protected privacy. John is not a mindless vandal. In fact if you had
read the Markoff book you would know that Gilmore's house was
one of Mitnick's targets.


        Phill