<b>Where are you guys standing re: the (full) disclosure question?</b>

[Pedro Luis Karrasquillo <peter_toyota () hotmail com>]

Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Fairies and all free folk on this list:

Meli Kalikimaka.

I think I found a relatively small bug with Windows Server running DNS with recursion turned off, that still allows the 
server to be used for DDOS amplification attacks. There are a sizable number of these on the net, and I do not think 
operators realize that the server is not totally silent with recursion turned off. 
I want to put my findings here on the list, as well as on my blog but I am unsure if :

1. should I tell MS first?
2. being this is possibly my first bug as a researcher, will this get me into trouble (legal or otherwise)?
3. will this make me a rock star?

I have details on the bug, as well as remediation steps. I would not say I "discovered" it per se, as I found it while 
studying an attack on a network I protect, but I do not see it documented anywhere either.

What say you, Wise List Readers?

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