+1. I've come across countless companies who had idiotic technical directors who didn't even want you speaking up in meetings about how bad their network was, let alone in public.
A lot of it comes down to pride/image, if someone starts questioning their job worth, they get all pissy about it, plus a lot of people find it *extremely* difficult to take constructive criticism and/or advice within their own remit. Personally, I'm completely honest and open when I fuck something up. If a clients network goes down cos I accidently plugged a 12v cable tester into core switch gear causing a site wide telecoms outage for 20 minutes (lol), I'll come right out and say "Yeah, I did bad.". Where as most people try and cover it up. Different scenario, but same principle. On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:13 PM, BlackHawk <[email protected]> wrote: > Nothing new under the sun.. i have done some security testing on _open > source_ webapps, and most of the time > if you allert the publisher of your founding ( most of the time remote > code executions, not "boring" XSS ) the answer is tipically "F*** off, > we do not need your help / you are lying / you are a criminal / > etc.etc." showing that bug founding is still looked with diffidence > from many people; > > on the other side admins are so proud of themselfs that they do not > want other people to know they have bad coded something, look at > this: > http://forums.pligg.com/questions-comments/23065-pligg-1-1-3-security-vulnerabilities.html#post103328 > > to close with a semi-serious joke: put all this together and you will > know why black market selling of exploit is increasing his size: at > least someone will appreciate your work and eventually recompensate > you for it.. > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Cal Leeming <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Like with most laws, the key point is "intent". If your intention was > > clearly not malicious, then you are safe. > > > > -- > BlackHawk - [email protected] > > Sent with Gmail >
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