bugtraq - Re: Vulnerabilities in some SCADA server softwares

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Message-Id: <201103231813.p2NIDIOD016590@cvs.openbsd.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:13:18 -0600
From: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@....openbsd.org>
To: Jim Harrison <jim@...tools.org>
Cc: "'Luigi Auriemma'" <aluigi@...istici.org>,
	"'Michal Zalewski'" <lcamtuf@...edump.cx>,
	"'J. Oquendo'" <sil@...iltrated.net>, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Vulnerabilities in some SCADA server softwares

> If *any* threat exists,
> that threat is increased by public exposure of unmitigated attack
> methodology

I think you have it wrong.

Public exposure increases the visibility, and therefore customers
install the patches quicker.

Without public visibility, they will keep running the old code.