From 00988398e14f92c6bafa85c9db18f3536337a3d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jericho <3095424+attritionorg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:52:52 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] a little aget backstory

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 mirror/tools/README.md | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mirror/tools/README.md b/mirror/tools/README.md
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--- a/mirror/tools/README.md
+++ b/mirror/tools/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 ## [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
@@ -10,6 +7,14 @@ 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