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Re: [Secure Network Operations, Inc.] Full Disclosure != Exploit Release


From: backed.up.by.2048.bit.encryption () hushmail com
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:13:37 -0800


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Probably because none of them were terrible important or interesting. Didn't they all revolve around "web bugs" or 
"cookies" and "supercookies" and the like? Essentially "stupid pet tricks"?

Hardly enough to give a script kiddy an erection?

Definitely not in the same league as Georgi Guninski's findings and absolutely not in David Litchfield's.

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From: Richard M. Smith

One problem with anyone making private exploits is that
they always seem to get leaked, no matter who it is.

I've written at least a dozen proof-of-concept examples for security
holes.  I've given these examples to vendors and shared them with
friends and other security researchers.  I'm not aware of any of them
being made public.  In addition, I serious doubt that any of the
examples are of much use to anyone except to the vendor who messed up in
the first place.

Vendors probably find the bulk of security holes and I seriously doubt
many of these problems have proof-of-concept code published for them.

OTOH we know that public proof-of-concept examples are going to get into
the wrong hands.

Richard
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