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Re: [Full-disclosure] Where are you guys standing re: the (full) disclosure

Allright.
After I chatted with a MS rep (I posted the transcript of the short 
conversation elsewhere in the thread), I got a response in the list from 
secure()microsoft. I sent the details to secure()microsoft of the bug and the 
mitigation steps.

Again, I am glad to read the variety of opinions on this issue. Hopefully the 
bug will be confirmed/fixed in a reasonable time and I will share the details 
with you once I get MS's take on it.

> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:32:16 -0600
> From: envygeeks@xxxxxxxxx
> To: gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Where are you guys standing re: the (full)     
> disclosure
> 
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Gary Baribault <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Of course, all software companies would love for the disclosure to wait
> > for the fix to be released, and often, if the delay is considered
> > reasonable by the hacker in question who found the bug, then that's what
> > happens. I think it's only in the case where the company considers the
> > bug to be minor or non existent, and they are asking for a ridiculous
> > delay that many hackers will say, 'tough luck I'm disclosing on xx' and
> > he takes his chances that most of us agree with his decision. As Mikhail
> > said, if the hacker came across the bug without any illegal means then
> > he should be fine after the release (but IANAL).
> 
> To add, in cases where people do release security updates even if a
> fix is pending it's most of the time not to do with the time line and
> more to do with the fact that the entity with the problem are trying
> to silence the "hacker" to prevent embarrassment.  At least from what
> I've noticed and experienced.
> 
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