That is a terrible policy to follow. If the vulnerability is real enough for the vendor to publish a patch, then sysadmins should patch their systems. Haven't all the recent worms taught people anything?
However, Johnny I'm sorry to see that people who can't control themselves on the Internet have forced you to stop publishing code. Can't say I blame you, but I don't have to like it. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yabby > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 1:06 PM > To: johnny cyberpunk; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] no more public exploits > > > Even though I think that the publication of your code might > have been a couple of weeks too soon: too bad you chose to > abandon full disclosure. A lot of people do not have the > skills to transform theoretical vulnerabilities into > practical exploits. With the lack of proof that the > vulnerability can really be exploited, a lot of sysadmins > will decide not to patch, leaving the holes in tact for the > real blackhats, that have possession of the malicious code anyway.... > > maarten > > > this is an anouncement that i personally have no more intention to > > publish any > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
