Re: Product review postings (was Administrivia)

From: Alfred Huger (ahat_private)
Date: Tue Jul 08 2003 - 11:52:16 PDT

  • Next message: Mark C. Langston: "Re: Product review postings (was Administrivia)"

    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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