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Disclosure of vulns and its legal aspects...
From: "Dark Cold Ice" <darkcoldice () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 23:11:59 +0100
Hi all, It was earlier today whilst testing some websites as a personal research/leisure time that i found a quite critical bug in a major computer related website which will not be disclosured until all the legal aspects of the disclosure process itself are dealt with. After detecting the aforementioned vulnerability i was, like many have been before, "jailed" between the decisions of reporting it or not, it didn't take me long to decide to report it to the vendor as the flaw itself was on it's website... My first step and only one so far was to write the vendor the typical "praxis" e-mail saying that there MIGHT be a vulnerability SOMEWHERE on their website and that i would like carte blanche to investigate a bit more about it. I am now stuck with 3 thoughts, first of all, if the answer is no ( most common perhaps) the vendor will be losing its chance to know where and what flaw is it... will i be stuck with that and not be able to publicize it to the security community? Second thought, if the vendor says yes, i will report them the vulnerability but, what entitles me the right to do it legally... a simple e-mail would be enough perhaps... Third and last thought, if they indeed agree to give me the chance to test and report them the vulnerability i will only be entitled to publicize it once solved, but even then, will it be legal to make a full disclosure? Thank you all in advance, Darkcoldice PS: What would the difference be between the US and UK laws on that final aspect?
Current thread:
- Disclosure of vulns and its legal aspects... Dark Cold Ice (May 29)
- RE: Disclosure of vulns and its legal aspects... James Wilburn (May 30)
- Re: Disclosure of vulns and its legal aspects... Lee Lawson (May 30)
- Re: Disclosure of vulns and its legal aspects... Steve Friedl (May 30)
- Re: Disclosure of vulns and its legal aspects... Lee Lawson (May 30)
- RE: Disclosure of vulns and its legal aspects... Craig Wright (May 30)
- Re: Disclosure of vulns and its legal aspects... Lee Lawson (May 30)
- RE: Disclosure of vulns and its legal aspects... James Wilburn (May 30)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Disclosure of vulns and its legal aspects... Craig Wright (May 30)
- RE: Disclosure of vulns and its legal aspects... Craig Wright (May 30)
- Re: Disclosure of vulns and its legal aspects... Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (May 31)