Re: Publishing Findings on Commercial Applications

[javier () jacksecurity com]

Ivan,

Did you state this general rule as a common sense thought?

I would like to know the source of this rule, because I have seen a
similar thought in a TERENA's paper www.terena.nl/activities/tf-csirt/
meeting12/legal-issues-Schuurman.pdf (although, they state a little
different disclosure issue)

Javier

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 The general rule of thumb is: disclosure policies are superseded by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 contractual obligations; contractual obligations are superseded by the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


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