I hesitate to make this post but perhaps I better before this gets to far out of hand.
Fist let me state Im not going to take sides between Bill Bowen and anyone else however I do have some information that may explain things. In particular, I will tell you why I believe Mr. Bowen or an administrator working in his behalf would be so quick to shut off access from anyone even remotely connected with causing problems on the Silent Lambs web site.
Yes Trauma, I understand you were genuinely trying to help. Finding security holes and reporting them is what I did for a living for many many years, so I understand exactly what you are saying and yes you did a good and positive thing. However not everyone understands the difference between a benign test to uncover an existing hole, or someone possibly causing a problem. A LOT of things have happened behind the scenes that most are unaware of.
That said; hear are some salient facts that may explain things:
Mr. Bowen has had the security of his site greatly compromised.
Many basic security features of his site were turned off by someone.
Mr. Bowens site has had backdoors planted on his site and he is not sure if they have all been removed.
Mr. Bowen believes he has been betrayed by a person or persons that he trusted, (there is quite a bit of supporting evidence).
Mr. Bowen is under tremendous pressure right now.
I'm not going to get into a debate bashing or defending Bill Bowen and I'm not going to elaborate any further or name any individuals involved in the compromise of the Silent Lambs web site, this person or persons know who he/she or they are, and so do I/we.
Freeman
Edited by - freeman on 5 January 2003 23:32:29