Re: Reporting website vulnerabilities

["Peter Manis" <manis () digital39 com>]

I sent an email to their privacy department and they are supposed to
contact me.  If they refuse to take action, then they will feel it is
not a security issue and there is no reason I shouldn't make the
knowledge public.  After it is taken care of I may write about it so
that people signed up as an affiliate can change their passwords.

On 9/4/07, benoit noteris <noteris () gmail com> wrote:
> hi
> i think good think to do may be to contact the administrator instead of
> public announcement
> but you do what ever you want.
>
> ben
> have a nice day
>
> 2007/9/2, Peter Manis < manis () digital39 com>:
> > I am an affiliate of a website that I guess you could consider
> > popular.  Everything is passed over an insecure connection, such as
> > the login, changing passwords, home address, and some other
> > information that is more sensitive.
> >
> > I have plans to contact the company and inform them about all of this,
> > however they should already know which makes it that much worse.  I
> > also feel the public should know since their information is what is
> > being transmitted over an insecure connection.  What is a good
> > procedure for handling things like this?  I have heard companies can
> > sue if you release vulnerabilities to the public.
> >
> > - Pete
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