a little aget backstory

mirror/tools/README.md

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 ## [ATTRITION Mirror Tools](http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/)
 
-#### copyright 1999-2001 Brian Martin (jericho@attrition.org)
-##### quasi-bloatware 'cuz i'm anal retentive
-
 ### AGET
 '*aget*' is a utility designed by attrition.org staff to mirror web
 page defacements. this is an evolving utility that goes several steps
 beyond simple mirrors.
 
 for all features, you must have Nmap and Jwhois installed!
 
+(Staff note: This started out as a simple wrapper to wget with a few 
+other commands and quickly escalated. Notifying administrators
+and CERT type groups proved to be a challenge and headache. Just
+trying to do the right thing was not easy. Notice the 
+"shared.lists.defaced@cert.org" address for example; that was set up
+for our alerts so they could ignore them. We [wrote a blog](https://attrition.org/security/rant/z/jericho.007.html) about
+this circus.)
+
 ### GEN
 '*gen*' is a utility designed by attrition.org staff to mirror web
 page defacements. this is an evolving utility that goes several steps