Personnaly, I think Bipin's case is a lost case. Just laugh and take it easy ...
Thanks to Bipin for making us happy. --------------------------------------------------------------- Maxime Ducharme Administrateur reseau, Programmeur ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bipin Gautam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Shortcut...... may cause 100% cpu use!!! > > > PLEASE READ IT BEFORE YOU POST!!! > > LOL. Think about what you are saying to me. > > > > >I haven't looked at your shortcut file(s) yet, but it sounds like the > > And yes, I admitted, I hadn't looked at your files. For a vulnerability > such as you describe, it really wasn't worth my time. After all, it was > just a DoS, and there are already two known ways to acheive this with > .lnk files. > > > The point is, research is never done in a vacuum. It is the duty of any > researcher to understand the topic they are publishing on before they > publish. That includes knowing about any other published research in > that area, even if it isn't the same information. You have added about > 5 cents worth of knowledge to what was already known about shortcut > files. However, the casual reader might think that you came up with > this all on your own. Are you taking complete credit for finding this > problem without any knowledge of previous work? If so, then you are > foolish for wasting your time in not looking for others' work > beforehand. Afterall, there is information out there that would have > made this particular find trivial. > > On the other hand, if you did use the previous work to learn about the > topic and to find your own bug, then you are ripping off those others > who did all of the hard work for you. Nothing wrong with publishing > anyway, but you should *credit your sources*. That is how research is > done. Each researcher builds on previous work in order to bring more > knowledge to humanity. > > So, you are either a fool, or a plagiarist. Take your pick. > > tim > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
