340 DEAR HACKER

340 DEAR HACKER

because of the above tactics? You’re forced to play by their rules and there’s really nothing you can do about it.

We’d like to know how you plan on getting all of this existing power out of the hands of big corporations without the help of government or some kind of time machine. We suspect, not really knowing much about the subject, that there’s more of a level playing field in the fishing business which keeps one entity from gaining an unfair advantage. If easyEverything had fishing boats attached to their current business practices, it would probably be a very different story. (Now we’re certain to get all kinds of letters from commercial fisherman on the subject.)

And that’s a nice bit of gossip about Eleanor Roosevelt but we’re not sure what, if any, point you’re trying to make with it.

Dear 2600: In your editorial comments “Time To Care” in the Spring 2002 issue

you call for your readers to support the ACLU. The ACLU is cur- rently defending the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) at ACLU expense. I cannot and will not ever support a Left Wing Hate Group that is defending a group that openly advo- cates the rape of young boys and infants. The ACLU is actively doing everything within its power to destroy our country and our freedom through the support of groups like NAMBLA.

Greg Golden, CO

With the Olympic-style leaps in logic you’ve demonstrated yourself capable of here, we’re probably better off not having you on board. But before adding us to your hate list, consider that you won’t have very much worth defending if you only ally yourself with those who agree with everything you believe in. Even convicted criminals and those you consider to be lowlifes have rights, and closing your eyes to this is a sure step toward a world where such rights are selectively granted and arbitrarily refused. It takes a lot of guts for groups like the ACLU to consistently stand up for anyone who is having their rights denied.

OUR BIGGEST FANS

Dear 2600: Sheesh. I just got done reading one of your mags (most recent), and I

am ashamed to even think that I call myself a hacker. From the article on cookies to the article on how someone can post a phone listing, your magazine is full of such crap. You constantly bitch about how the U.S. discriminates against you, and how pathetic and hopeless you are. Why don’t you just drop the whole hacker thing and just admit that you are losers? You don’t know sh*t about security either. Your web server has netbios ports open on it. I shouldn’t have even been able to portscan your server. God, learn ipchains for Christ’s sake. And dump FreeBSD get Debian or maybe even Red Hat. Run a server how you are supposed to, with web servers only having 80 open. By the way, your proxy allows me to use it! Also, there was that stupid article on how “stupid” telcos are, just by not listing themselves in the phone book. How retarded is that for an article? That should have been in the letters section, and freed up valuable space. It’s a shame that I spent $5 on a piss-poor magazine from a bunch of script kiddies that don’t know sh*t about security. Oh yeah, and another thing, your editor Emmanuel was a source on the movie Hackers? No wonder it was the worst “hacking” movie that I’ve ever seen, nothing but a bunch of script kiddies, just like Goldstein. Do yourselves and the rest of the security world a favor and retire. One last thing—you deserved to get your asses handed to you by the MPAA. If I was the judge, I would have also. Maybe you will screw up again (I was hoping that Ford would win and bankrupt you actually), and get bankrupt. Get

a life! Chris

HNSG Leader Are you sure you didn’t leave out anything? Well, everyone is entitled to their opin-

ion. You seem to have a number of issues—perhaps an infinite number. As we don’t have infinite space, we’ll confine our remarks to what we agree with—that it’s a shame you call yourself a hacker. One other point—our system administrators are the people to talk to about any perceived security issues on the website. You are welcome to pit your knowledge against theirs by emailing webmaster@2600.com .