A classy security operation

Now and then I get email from people asking for help with topics I've written about in my Tech Tips section, and I'm usually happy to lend a hand. Yesterday I got an email from a pleasant fellow asking about Hacking Sybase for the NT Administrator, but it was clear he wasn't reading the tip in my site: my tip was reproduced entirely at a security web site, with only my email address for attribution. Nobody had ever asked me about this, and though I don't really claim copyright, I still thought it was kinda rude.

My page
Their page

Even though I figured I'd get nowhere, I sent off a note to the webmaster of the site, and it took no time to get a response: they had received this indirectly by a member submission, and they were not in the business of stealing content. They asked what I wanted done: remove the page? change the attributions? I just asked that they link to my main web site, and they had this done in less than an hour.

I thought I'd get blown off, but instead was blown away.

SecuriTeam, you're a class act. Thank you.

Posted by Steve at March 13, 2003 08:45 AM | TrackBack