From: Elaine Trainor (elaine@xxxxx-com.com)
To: staff@attrition.org
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 17:53:28 -0400 
Subject: Submission

To Whom It May Concern:

Please post the following. I feel it is relevant information to your
readership.

Thanks,
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				For Immediate Release
						

Whale Communications Stops Latest Code Red Worm In Its Tracks 
The e-Gap^Ù System blocks new variant of Code Red worm, reducing urgency for
patching 

[rest of hype-filled lame press release deleted]

From: Small Grey (munge@attrition.org)
To: Elaine Trainor (elaine@whale-com.com)
Cc: staff@attrition.org
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:11:41 -0400
Subject: Re: Submission

: To Whom It May Concern:
: 
: Please post the following. I feel it is relevant information to your
: readership.
: 
[SNUFF]

Yes, let's distribute spamvertisements piggy-backing on the Code 
Red band-wagon!!!1!  Vendors: Please line up all of your ADS as 
thinly veiled SECURITY NOTIFICATIONS and start MASHING the SEND 
BUTTON with your NOSE.  ATTRITION LIVES TO SERVE.

chafed and ashamed,

munge

From: security curmudgeon (jericho@attrition.org)
To: Elaine Trainor (elaine@whale-com.com)
Cc: staff@attrition.org
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:17:59 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Re: Submission


: Please post the following. I feel it is relevant information to your
: readership. 

Given our history of NEVER publishing vendor advertisements or endorsing a
product, can you explain why we should break that 2+ year trend and
support yours?

Wouldn't it be better for us to support and advertise a company like eEye
who actually discovered the worm, released a full disclosure advisory, and
did so in a fashion as to not blatantly ambulence chase and advertise
their product?

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