Re: Product review postings (was Administrivia)

From: Alfred Huger (ah@securityfocus.com)
Date: Tue Jul 08 2003 - 14:52:16 EDT


On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Mark C. Langston wrote:

> So you will now require all vulnerabilities posted to be traceable back
> to the individual who discovered and/or publicized the vulnerability?

Of course not but that's not at stake here. This list is not for vuln
disclosure there are more appropriate venues for that. Vulnwatch, Bugtraq,
Vuln-dev to name a few.

> Can you not see the chilling effect this would have? Many
> vulnerabilities would not be publicised, and those that were would
> quite possibly be actionable under the DMCA. Those that weren't
> may still present problems other posters have raised, such as the
> advertisement of problems with one's own products (in effect,
> anonymous whistleblowing), or with one's own purchases (which would
> be a welcome mat for anyone wishing to penetrate that individual's
> infrastructure).
>

When it comes to Full Disclosure I agree.

-al

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