On 6/19/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:25:19 -0400, "The Cunctator" cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
We've always been a target for vanity, spam and all manner of self-serving crap. See BJAODN. (Not to say that things don't change when you're in the top of nearly every Google search, just that people have feared and fretted over vandals and barbarians from day one.)
Difference: the reward is now greater, and with it the determination. I think people like Jason Gastrich have showed us this.
Of course one of the thing that people consistently fail to recognize as they get into an arms race is that if you build walls and locks and passcodes and mazes people will find that a lot more interesting game to play than if it's just change and be changed back.
Soft Security is better than Hard Security.