>>>>> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:34:57 +0100, Chris Paget <ivegotta@tombom.co.uk> said:
CP> <snip>
>> "Ferson also said that HP reserves
>> the right to sue SnoSoft and its members "for monies
>> and damages caused by the posting and any use of the
>> buffer overflow exploit."
CP> This raises a very interesting point. Bruce Schneier has stated
CP> publicly that he believes vendors should be held responsible for
CP> security flaws in their products
CP> (http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2002/0422faceoffyes.html). I
CP> agree with this viewpoint, as, I am sure, do many people on this list.
CP> However, how would this affect the vulnerability disclosure process?
Others, even some lawyers, agree:
http://www.gocsi.com/pdfs/byte.pdf
Erin also had a similar article in ;login: (requires USENIX
membership):
http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2001-12/pdfs/kenneally.pdf
and most recently in IEEE Computer:
http://www.computer.org/computer/co2002/r6toc.htm
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