Re: Publishing Findings on Commercial Applications

["Paul Robertson" <compuwar () gmail com>]

On 6/13/06, Jezebel Ali <jezebel_ali () hush com> wrote:
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> I have question: If I performing Penetration Test on customer site
> and this customer has a commercial application which is not
> publicly available for download or purchase, do I have a right to
> publish finding of this application to the public without
> mentioning customer name?
>
> This application widely used by banking and financial industry and
> not always available to anyone for testing.

It depends upon (a) the terms of the software license from the
client's perspective and (b) the terms of your contract with the
client.  (b) will be modified by where you are and how you perform the
work-- work for hire may belong to the client by default, which is why
your contract should cover this sort of thing.

Paul
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