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Re: Speculation
From: "Paul Melson" <pmelson () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:19:32 -0400
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Paul Vixie <vixie () isc org> wrote:
would you have preferred that the attack vector be completely published on day 1, rather than a cert advisory with details to follow a month later at defcon, so that your recommendations could be completely informed? note that in that case it would also go in the wild before you could patch. is that what you want the next discoverer to do for you?
What you - and this is the collective "you" referring to the vendors and researchers on both sides of this argument - seem to forget is that secops folks aren't left with patching as our only option. We don't necessarily need a patch to mitigate, even if temporarily, any particular risk. However, these alternate strategies tend to require more information about the vulnerability and attack than a patch does. So while I would always prefer to know about a vulnerability prior to a first strike attack, I'd still also prefer to be in the loop, not outside of it. Risk management and defensive reaction strategies rely on accurate, timely, detailed information to be highly successful. When vendors deny us (their customers!) that information, it's no better than when security researchers publish a PoC to a mailing list without telling the vendor. It's a blindside either way. PaulM _______________________________________________ Dailydave mailing list Dailydave () lists immunitysec com http://lists.immunitysec.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave
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- Re: Speculation, (continued)
- Re: Speculation Marc Maiffret (Jul 18)
- Re: Speculation Paul Vixie (Jul 18)
- Re: Speculation Thomas Ptacek (Jul 19)
- Re: Speculation Paul Vixie (Jul 19)
- Re: Speculation Thomas Ptacek (Jul 19)
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- Re: Speculation Thomas Ptacek (Jul 19)
- Re: Speculation Paul Vixie (Jul 18)
- Re: Speculation Marc Maiffret (Jul 18)
- Re: Speculation Alexander Sotirov (Jul 24)
- Re: Speculation Paul Vixie (Jul 19)
- Re: Speculation Paul Melson (Jul 20)
- Re: Speculation Thomas Ptacek (Jul 20)