Owl Services
1/13/00
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OSAll (www.aviary-mag.com) is a leading computer security Web site,
specializing in original news stories and methodology for computer
security professionals.
The magazine has been featured in the likes of US News & World Report,
CNN, Fox News, PC World and many other media organizations.
On Friday January 8, 2000, OSAll (www.aviary-mag.com) was taken off of
its' Web server and all Internet connectivity was lost. Any attempts to
contact aviary-mag.com for e-mail, FTP, http or other purposes will
simply
be rebuffed by the current host.
Reasons
The reason for this disconnection is not currently known, but rumors
have
begun to abound. This press release is intended to do several things -
particularly attempt to settle those rumors. JP Vrasenevich, Frank
Jones,
the US Government and others have all had reason to disconnect OSAll.
Of
these, the only one who has definitely tried to have OSAll disconnected
is
Mr. Vrasenevich, Webmaster and founder of AntiOnline.
Vrasenevich has been complaining about OSAll to Communitech.net, the
former host, for almost a year. Communitech.net added a Do Not
Disconnect
notice to the account, explaining that they would ignore Vrasenevich for
the time being. Apparently these efforts have either been misplaced or
Frank Jones has gotten to Communitech.net.
Frank Jones is President of Codex Data Systems, a fraud of a computer
security company. They offer $500 a-head-lectures that explain that
you
need to use firewalls and claim to sell a product called "DIRT" to the
Federal Government. Unfortunately, Frank Jones' probation for a
conviction on defrauding the US Government prevents him from doing
business with the FBI or any other federal agency. OSAll published an
article regarding their lectures, and Frank Jones was hardly happy about
it.
Is OSAll Returning?
Yes! NWO.net, the San Diego 2600 (sd2600.net), Radiusnet.net and
several
other sites have begun hosting mirrors of OSAll. NWO.net and the San
Diego 2600 are exploring finding a permanent host for OSAll. In the
mean
time, you can find OSAll at NWO.net/osall and Radiusnet.net/~owl.
Starting on Wednesday, OSAll will be updated according to its normal
schedule.
--
Mike
