From: Paul Melson (pmelson@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jun 15 2006 - 16:38:32 EDT
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Subject: Re: Publishing Findings on Commercial Applications
> 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?
Just because you don't use any real names or describe specific scenarios in
your "anonymous" disclosure doesn't mean you won't be identified. And
that's really my point. For example, that offset you used or the shellcode
you stole to write the PoC exploit for your client and the vendor are
probably enough to point back to you. It might not be enough to convince a
jury, but it doesn't have to be. All they have to be is suspicious.
I am aware of a situation in which the employee of a VAR found a serious
vuln in a large vendor's product. He worked exclusively with the vendor to
report and test a fix for this vuln. During this (way too slow) process
someone else found the bug and published to fd under a handle/nym. The
large vendor turned around and started threatening the employee and his VAR
because they thought he was involved. He was nearly fired, and it wasn't
even his fault.
PaulM
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