full-disclosure - Symantec Buys SecurityFocus, among others....

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <3D37414A.6000509@thievco.com>
From: BlueBoar at thievco.com (Blue Boar)
Subject: Symantec Buys SecurityFocus, among others....

Jay D. Dyson wrote:
> 	Perhaps the best way to beat these cash hounds at their own game
> is to start using a strictly not-for-profit licensing on all released
> advisories and proof-of-concept code which stipulates that for-profit
> companies may not use said information in any way.

Interesting concept.  How do you propose to copyright an idea?  You can 
decline to let someone mirror your exploit or advisory verbatim, but 
there's nothing you can do to keep someone from reporting about a 
vulnerability.

							BB