Q: 1. should I tell MS first? A: Microsoft is just a big company - there are good guys(my good friend was there), and there are bad guys(who think too much about money, etc). So, it's up to you whether you email secure@ms. Another factor: it can take months for a bug to be fixed(first MSRC checks it, then product team fixes it, then release - all steps take a lot of time). Guninski "give them a few seconds" - if you want to work with Microsoft, you got to be a little patient.
Q: 2. being this is possibly my first bug as a researcher, will this get me into trouble (legal or otherwise)? A: No, publishing before fix will not get you into trouble. Guninski "if they sue you" - they won't sue you(Guninski did it before on Microsoft products, and he is fine). Q: 3. will this make me a rock star? A: Ah, this depends on the impact. __________ http://offlinechromeinstaller.com/ On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Georgi Guninski <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 10:02:55PM -0400, Pedro Luis Karrasquillo wrote: > > Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Fairies and all free folk on this list: > > > > Meli Kalikimaka. > > > > I think I found a relatively small bug with Windows Server running DNS > with recursion turned off, that still allows the server to be used for DDOS > amplification attacks. There are a sizable number of these on the net, and > I do not think operators realize that the server is not totally silent with > recursion turned off. > > I want to put my findings here on the list, as well as on my blog but I > am unsure if : > > > > 1. should I tell MS first? > > if you ask me definitely no. > or at most give them a few seconds. > > > 2. being this is possibly my first bug as a researcher, will this get me > into trouble (legal or otherwise)? > > if they sue you, I suppose this will make you a star for some time. > > IANAL, so take care. > > > 3. will this make me a rock star? > > > > I have details on the bug, as well as remediation steps. I would not say > I "discovered" it per se, as I found it while studying an attack on a > network I protect, but I do not see it documented anywhere either. > > > > What say you, Wise List Readers? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >
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