Re: Publishing Findings on Commercial Applications

[Ivan Arce <ivan.arce () coresecurity com>]

It all depends on what is your agreement with your customer.

Typically if you are doing a penetration test for a customer and you stumble
upon a new vulnerability, what you do with that information is your
customer's call.

The general rule of thumb is: disclosure policies are superseded by
contractual obligations; contractual obligations are superseded by the law.

-ivan


Sahir Hidayatullah wrote:
> Might be a better idea to contact the vendor first.
> These days you can get into all sorts of trouble for revealing flaws.
>
> Besides, it's probably more ethical to work with them first isn't it ? :)
>
> You could also follow RFP's disclosure policy:
> http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/policy.html
>
> Regards,
>
> --S.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jezebel Ali [mailto:jezebel_ali () hush com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 1:00 AM
> To: pen-test () securityfocus com
> Subject: Publishing Findings on Commercial Applications
>
> Greetings Brother and Sister List Members,
>
> 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.
>
> Kind regards,
> Jez

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