Re: Pro Disclosure (was Re: UnixWare)

Oliver Friedrichs (umfriedr@cc.umanitoba.ca)
Sat, 30 Apr 1994 10:33:58 -0500 (CDT)

On Sat, 30 Apr 1994, Paul A Vixie wrote:

> 	a bad guy finds a hole
> 	lots of bad guys use the hole
> 	some good guy notices the hole being used, and tells CERT

I would say it's more like,

	"good guy"/"security related individual" finds hole
	"bad guy" breaks into "good guys" machine and steals hole/software
     or "good guy" gives information to "bad guy"
	hole is actively exploited

I would say that is more realistic in most cases.

- Oliver