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go public to avoid jail
From: J Roger <securityhocus () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:48:00 -0700
An important lesson from childhood, sharing, could help keep you out of jail. According to the following (dated) Wired article, http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/stephen-watt/ Stephen Watt got screwed because he supplied his friend with a software tool he wrote and his friend used it to commit a crime. Had Stephen released his tool to the public (with as much or as little fanfare as he liked) would he still have gone to jail? He could make a good argument for legitimate uses of his tool as well. It would be useful for anyone performing a PCI penetration test in compliance with PCI DSS 11.3 Remember kids, sharing is caring (that you not spend the next 2 years in federal prison)
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