Exploit Code on Trial

Exploit Code on Trial
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-11-23

Security pros gathering at a Stanford University Law School conference on responsible vulnerability disclosure Saturday harmonized on the principle that vendors should be privately notified of holes in their products, and given at least some time to produce a patch before any public disclosure is made. But there was pronounced disagreement on the question of whether or not researchers should publicly release proof-of-concept code to demonstrate a vulnerability.

Exploit Code on Trial 2003-11-24
Anonymous

Obviously, giving out the exploit code is the best way to put everyone on an equal footing. If a handful of people have it, but nobody else, there is an inherent inequality that leads to much more serious computer security problems than those we currently see.

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