Re: What to do if they ignore you

--On Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:50:16 PM -0400 "Byron L. Sonne" 
<blsonne@rogers.com> wrote:
> I believe David gravely injured him and was taken far more seriously
> after that.
>
> Perhaps publish the offending address information... if you're getting
> that kind of behaviour originating from their net, I'd wager they have
> other problems and might be more easily exploitable than some other
> address. There are people out there who would appreciate and make use of
> that kind of info. Maybe pick the appropriate high visibility mailing
> list or irc channel.
While perhaps personally satisfying, I believe this is very poor advice. 
Goliath just might decide that your publishing his exposure to risk put him 
at greater risk, and he might decide that *you* should be personally sued 
to compensate him for the results of that exposure.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu

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