full-disclosure - How to Report a Security Vulnerability to Microsoft

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Date: Wed Apr 13 17:10:05 2005
From: steve at unixwiz.net (Steve Friedl)
Subject: How to Report a Security Vulnerability to
	Microsoft

On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 06:42:22PM +0300, Georgi Guninski wrote:
> m$ users have deal with m$.
> the m$ eula clearly explains to users that if users get fucked because of m$
> warez m$ are not responsible.
> 
> you are proposing a 3rd party to save m$ users?

I'm proposing that security researchers act like professionals who care
about other people, not arrogant headline-seekers who only care about
fscking a company they don't like.

It's OK to hate Microsoft for a whole host of reasons ("their lawyers"
do it for me), but when you're OK with screwing their *users*, that says
a lot more about you than it does about Microsoft.

And you don't lose your technical creds by doing it responsibly.

Steve

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