- 1/4/99 spelling error:
I misspelled Vincent Gullotto's last name.
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- 1/7/99 spelling error:
I misspelled Vincent Gullotto's last name.
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- 1/15/99 addendum:
Two readers objected to my use of a Muslim fanatic in the answer to question #12. I believe U.S. military
infowar experts use "Muslim fanatics" almost exclusively in their scenarios. Cryptography experts
likewise use "Bob and Alice" almost exclusively in secure transmission scenarios. The two readers
make a strong point, however: I now assume this infowar stereotype offends the Muslim faith. I thank the
readers for helping me face my ignorance. I did not mean to offend and I sincerely regret it.
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- 4/4/99 spelling error:
A brace of henchmen noticed I misspelled "Lou Cipher." They let me live to
regret my error.
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- 4/4/99 spelling error:
A brace of henchmen noticed I misspelled "Lou Cipher." They let me live to
regret my error.
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- 4/27/99 spelling error:
I misspelled Graham Cluley's last name.
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- 6/25/99 unintended imply:
I accidentally implied politicians dropped Melissa like a hot potato. I meant to say "politicians
no longer care about the matter" due to the mainstream media's short attention span.
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- 7/14/99 spelling error:
I misspelled "Elektra," a popular character in Marvel's old "Daredevil" series. She
eventually moved up to her own comic book. No relation to Carmen Electra of "Baywatch" fame.
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- 7/14/99 spelling error:
A brace of henchmen noticed I misspelled "Lou Cipher." They let me live to
regret my error.
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- 9/1/99 geography error:
"Atomic geography lesson"? It seems I don't know the Indian Ocean from the Pacific Ocean.
Indonesia lies due north of Christmas Island -- but I should have pointed out another Christmas Island
farther to the east. My error occurred because Indonesia appears on two CIA maps
(left,
right)
and I studied the wrong one. No offense to CIA! Huge letters say "Indian Ocean" right below the
island I cited. Duh. I replaced the batteries in my own clue meter and I promise I'll never
again pick bomb targets for the military. A tip of the hat to Internet user Andrew G. Duffin for
recognizing my error.
Why can you find two Christmas Islands on a globe? Hey, I did my research this time! Santa built a
new summer retreat after Britain & the U.S. nuked his hangout. Generals take coal in their stockings
pretty seriously, you know.
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- 10/8/99 quotation error:
I typed "peaked" instead of "captured" when I quoted from the ZDNN story. I
apparently didn't use a simple cut-and-paste operation. Special thanks go to Internet user Mark Hull-Richter
for noticing my error.
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- 10/15/99 typo on another website:
A typo appeared on both NIST's website and in the Federal Register concerning the
CSSPAB call for nominations. The verbatim text (error underlined):
Please submit nominations to Edward Roback, CSSPAB Secretary, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, M.S. 8930, Gaithersburg,
MD 20899-8930. Nominations may also be submitted via fax to 301-948-2733, Attn: CSSPAB Nominations.
Internet user Gerard Van der Leun first noticed the "fax" number rings on someone's desk, so I
phoned Roback's office for clarification. CSSPAB didn't know about the typo, according to a staffer. Fax
nominations should instead go to (301) 926-2733.
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- 11/19/99 apology:
When I wrote to Sal Viveros about the BubbleBoy press release, I told him a "Prime Support
customer" provided insight to its gateway implications. Actually, a competitor provided the
insight. I received an email at the same time from a Prime Support customer, and I mentioned the wrong type
of source when writing to Viveros. I committed this mistake in private correspondence but I believe it
warrants a public apology.
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- 12/2/99 quotation error:
The words "here to use" appeared by accident at the point where the footnote now resides. The extra
words crept in during a cut & paste operation.
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- 12/28/99 clarification:
Graham Cluley pointed me to a
press release
which publicized his reasons for leaving Network Associates. I saw it when it came out but, frankly, I
didn't buy into it. First, it reads like a typical competitor-bashing press release. No big deal: you see
them in every industry. (Remember when Pizza Hut lost a co-founder to Papa John's?) Second, and more
importantly, I received email from a different employee who expressed strong feelings about Vincent Gullotto.
I came to believe friction with Gullotto led to Cluley's abrupt departure.
Cluley assures me he left Network Associates for the reasons publicized in Sophos'
press release. Any friction with Gullotto would have been caused by those reasons. My original opinion
therefore stands corrected.
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- 10/8/99 correction:
Sarah Gordon told Rob Lemos the WildList would look into it. She did not commit IBM to anything.
On a related note, I should have identified her as "Sarah Gordon (WildList)" rather
than "Sarah Gordon (IBM)." I felt I made the correct identification because
she and the
WildList have multiple ties to IBM. However, she claims IBM did not pay for nor
reimburse her trip to the Virus Bulletin conference where she spoke to Lemos.
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