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Paul 'Tony' Watson Interviewed

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the getting-to-know dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Whitedust is running an interview with Paul Watson. Watson, who discovered a flaw in TCP/IP that could allow attackers to reset connections last year, made a splash with the media. He talks about how he got his start in computer security, as part of the early warez scene, his work in the Air Force and the US Government, and his current projects. He is now working at the leading search engine in the world, Google."

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  1. Google? by katana · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, THAT leading search engine. Thanks for clarifying.

  2. Google = Nerd Nirvana by karvind · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article:

    I came to work at Google late last summer. It gets a lot of media buzz about being geek-sheik and super cool. I have worked at some really cool places before Google, but Google is so much more incredible than any media article or Slashdot post could ever describe. The best phrase I can think of would be nerd-nirvana (or should it be nerdvana?)

    Folks, we are not doing a good job here. We need to bump up the number of Google stories per day.

  3. Good quote from TFA by rangefinder · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "In regards to all the media attention, I think that by far the coolest thing to come from all that attention was when I was Slashdot'd. That was like getting the key to the city from the Mayor of Geekville."

  4. WOW by JeiFuRi · · Score: 5, Funny

    "discovered a flaw in TCP/IP that could allow attackers to reset connections last year" So his flaw allows people to travel back in time - to last year - and reset connections?