Jeff Moss Quotations

I got my first computer at, I don't know, when I was 11 years old? 10?

I've met some smart people doing security work in the government, and they're starting to reach out to a broader audience, which I think is a good thing.

That was the division in the hacking world: There were people who were exploring it and the people who were trying to make money from it. And, generally, you stayed away from anyone who was trying to make money from it.

On the other hand, Litchfield feels he is being taken advantage of. What else is he supposed to do? In his mind, Oracle is the irresponsible party. He's doing free work for them and they're dismissive. That's a big, big problem in this industry.

During my opening remarks, I explicitly encouraged attendees to take a shot at hacking the wireless network. Given the level and concentration of hacker talent at these events, I was more than pleasantly surprised they did not succeed. In fact, this is the first year the wireless network has managed to stay up without interruption for more than four hours. That is a true testament to the intrusion protection and advanced security functionality of Aruba's wireless solution.

Your mistakes get to follow you for the rest of your life. I don't know if that's good for people who are young and are just starting to explore the Internet.

Today (Tuesday) will be security review day for a lot of places,

I don't think there's been any appreciable difference at all.

All of a sudden the president doesn't want his Web access filtered, so you remove the Web filtering only for him. Or some engineers want to FTP into a workstation. Next thing you know, you have different rules for different people.

I have an aversion to news nuggets, so I find myself looking for sites that offer more analysis.