Battle Creek, Michigan Settles Dispute with ORBZ

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 21, 2002 @05:46PM from the retractions dept.

Peter Sachs, Esq. writes: "According to a press release that now appears on its official website, the City of Battle Creek, Michigan has 'settled"' its dispute with ORBZ.ORG. The City concluded that ORBZ.ORG had no criminal intent to cause the City harm by testing the 'open relay' status its server. In fact, the Assistant to the City Manager said, '...we recognize that [ORBZ.ORG] has done us a service. We are going to be taking a close look at our policies regarding Lotus security updates and how we can avoid the issue in general'"

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more info? by flynt · 2002-03-21 17:59 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Lotus security updates? Avoid the issue in general? What issue?? Any links, relevant information from anyone would be great.
Re:Incompetent Sysadmin by Skapare · 2002-03-21 19:42 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Competent IT professionals cost a lot of money ... unless you import them from India.

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