Which adds to the full disclosure debate a resounding, disclose asap. And shows that many in the industry feel this is needed to not only address issues in their envs as quickly as possible to mitigate problems until a fix/poatch is available, but, that most feel dicslosure puts the pressure on their vendors to respond to issues as they become discolsed.
Thanks, Ron DuFresne On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Steven M. Christey wrote: > > Information Week just posted an article titled "Disclosure: Security > Pros Want Flaw Information Sooner" in which they surveyed 7,000 > business technogology and security professionals. 66% argued for > immediate disclosure upon discovery, and another 32% wanted disclosure > once a patch was available, leaving only 2% who said that there was no > need to disclose vulnerabilities at all: > > http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22103495 > > - Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart ***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!*** OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html