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Re: Bugfinder Being Indicted As Criminal ("Counterfeiter") in France
From: Renaud Deraison <deraison () nessus org>
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 00:59:51 +0200
On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 08:42:52PM -0000, Chris Wysopal wrote:
In-Reply-To: <20040402143855.27920.qmail () www securityfocus com> Googling and translating the law gives this: http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/lsi/evol/art35.html After article 323-3 of the penal code, it is inserted article 323-3-1 thus written: "Art. 323-3-1. - The fact of offering, of yielding or of placing at the disposal a data-processing program conceived to commit the offences envisaged by articles 323-1 to 323-3 is punished sorrows planned for the infringement itself or the infringement most severely repressed "
This is inaccurate - the link you gave comes from the initial version of this article, which has been modified since then. This article now reads (roughly translated) : "Art. 323-3-1. - The fact of offering, of yielding or of placing at the disposal a data-processing program conceived to commit the offences envisaged by articles 323-1 to 323-3 is punished sorrows planned for the infringement itself or the infringement most severely repressed " This article is not applicable when the offering, the yelding or the placing at disposal is justified by the needs of scentific or technical research or by the needs of the security or protection of communication networks or information systems" [http://www.telecom.gouv.fr/internet/projet_len.html] Of course, the "needs" in question are a purely subjective notion, which means that if a french citizen publishes an exploit, he must expects to argue in front of a judge why doing so was needed. -- Renaud
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- Re: Bugfinder Being Indicted As Criminal ("Counterfeiter") in France K-OTiK Security (Apr 03)
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- Re: Bugfinder Being Indicted As Criminal ("Counterfeiter") in France Chris Wysopal (Apr 03)
- Re: Bugfinder Being Indicted As Criminal ("Counterfeiter") in France Fozzy (Apr 05)
- Re: Bugfinder Being Indicted As Criminal ("Counterfeiter") in France Renaud Deraison (Apr 05)
- Re: Bugfinder Being Indicted As Criminal ("Counterfeiter") in France K-OTiK Security (Apr 05)
- Re: Bugfinder Being Indicted As Criminal ("Counterfeiter") in France K-OTiK Security (Apr 05)