Re: Homeland security Request

[Crispin Cowan <crispin () immunix com>]

It will mostly just assure that most critical vulnerability info is 
never passed to Homeland Security. Vulnerability research mostly comes 
from grey hats, and they mostly hate giving that info to people who 
hoard it. This exact same reason is why CERT stopped being a useful 
source of security information, and Bugtraq largely took its place.


Crispin

Greenarrow 1 wrote:

Does anyone really think they will do anything or is this aother part of the 
propaganda pitch?


The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is requesting tips about flaws
in the nation's technological infrastructure, and a new law guarantees
that the information will be protected from public disclosure. The
Protect Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Program allows
companies to alert the federal government about security-sensitive
flaws in its products without fear that the information will get into
the hands of hackers, customers, or competitors

Below is the ZDNet link about this article but like all sites make sure you 
have a spyware blocker on or at least a filter.


http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5162732.html


Regards,
George
Greenarrow1
InNetInvestigations-Forensics 


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