RE: [cobalt-users] Cobalt to provide compensation for server hack?

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

> +Whether or not the Cobalt servers or the software Cobalt used were
> +defective
> +has yet to be proved.
>
> Well here Tuesday's come and gone, half the Raq3's on the planet
> have gotten
> hacked
> and STILL not a PEEP from Sun/Cobalt. No ProFTP PKG yet, No public
> statement, no communication,
> no "We're sorry". Nothing. Nada. Public Relation Geniuses they are. Ignore
> it and it will
> go away. Won't affect sales at all. Does Sun treat it's customers the same
> way?
>
But,  the question is, is it Cobalt's fault? Or, is it the open source
software they used? Or, is it their fault for not discovering the problems
in BIND? With the number of RaQ servers being hacked, it's likely someone
will sue and maybe it will get to a judge or jury to decide the fault.
--
Dan Kriwitsky