You'll take your full disclosure pill, and like it.
Date: Wednesday, April 27 @ 23:43:14 CEST
Topic: Security


Source: Just a month ago now, legal threats by Sybase directed at NGS Software were used to cease the full disclosure of eight holes in its product.  NGS Software disclosed their findings to Sybase and advised them its public disclosure would occur three months after that.  Sybase didn't like that, but it all worked out in the end after they reached a settlement.  Could it be that Sybase didn't have enough time to warn their customers about the upgrade?


Responsible disclosure of software flaws by vulnerability researchers has "significantly improved" the security of products, Powers said.

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