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Microsoft Reveals Anti-Disclosure Plan
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2001-11-09

Five computer security firms join Microsoft to set an official standard for limiting disclosure of software security holes

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Full disclosure will survive 2001-11-11
Ben - Canberra AUS
The problem that Microsoft now face is twofold.

The first is that admitting responsibility will inevitably open them up to litigation. How long would it take for an organisation once attacked to try to seek some kind of compensation from MS? Once they have admitted responsibility the floodgates ...

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