Re: Publishing Findings on Commercial Applications

[mikeiscool <michaelslists () gmail com>]

On 6/15/06, Paul Melson <pmelson () gmail com> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: Publishing Findings on Commercial Applications
>
> > But either way, if you do it anonymously, who will know! :)
>
> Worst advice ever.  Anybody at the affected vendor or your client that was
> familiar with the specifics of your findings will know, or at least suspect.
> And at the very least, it will probably be the last time you work for that
> client again.  It's certainly not outside of the realm of possibility that
> one or both would sue you as well.

It should be blinding obvious that you don't disclosure information
**anonymously** that will link you personally. If you do, it's not
really anonymous disclosure is it?


> PaulM

-- mic

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