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Re: Various things people say.
From: Dave Aitel <dave () immunityinc com>
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:34:13 -0500
That was a quote from the article that I wanted to highlight. I obviously did not write that (in case there is some confusion). -dave On 1/8/2014 4:08 PM, Dave Aitel wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-considers-shifting-database-of-domestic-phone-logs-to-third-parties/2014/01/07/1df6b7f6-7718-11e3-8963-b4b654bcc9b2_story.html *Should NSA point out holes?* Among the weapons in the NSA's arsenal are "zero day" exploits, tools that take advantage of previously unknown vulnerabilities in software and hardware to break into a computer system. The panel recommended that U.S. policy aim to block zero-day attacks by having the NSA and other government agencies alert companies to vulnerabilities in their hardware and software. That recommendation has drawn praise from security experts such as Matt Blaze, a University of Pennsylvania computer scientist, who said it would allow software developers and vendors to patch their systems and protect consumers from attacks by others who may try to exploit the same vulnerabilities. "This is not to say that reporting a vulnerability means that NSA can't also exploit it against their targets, only that their overall national security role means that their first responsibility must be to work to fix it," Blaze said. But Schaeffer said: "You're taking a potential weapon away from the very people we're asking to protect the nation. Those people ought to be able to use their best technical professional judgment as to when it's appropriate to alert industry that there's a vulnerability." _______________________________________________ Dailydave mailing list Dailydave () lists immunityinc com https://lists.immunityinc.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave
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