full-disclosure - Re: security industry software license

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Message-ID: <BLU118-W501DFF5E54F33DB59C7201D3320@phx.gbl>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:37:59 -0400
From: n3td3v <xploitable@...mail.com>
To: <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: security industry software license

I've realized that I don't really understand what Metasploit is or does and generally have a weak grasp on the security industry as a whole.  So, please disregard any of my previous, ignorant comments.

> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:41:02 +0100
> From: xploitable@...il.com
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] security industry software license
> 
> the double edged sword of metasploit continues. while we acknowledge
> its a double edged sword, does that mean we don't need to monitor the
> bad edge of that sword? that is the point n3td3v has been making.
> 
> 
> and in a news report today by cnet news, they acknowledge:
> 
> 
> On Thursday, new code was put on the Internet that could exploit a
> flaw in unpatched Host Integration Servers.
> 
> The exploit is part of Metasploit, a toolkit used by penetration
> testers and criminal hackers alike.
> 
> 
> ... that criminal hackers use metasploit as well.
> 
> 
> so shouldn't metasploit and the govt be working together to share data?
> 
> im in full support of metasploit sharing data with the govt, but the
> thing you must do is have a privacy policy in place as well.
> 
> 
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10068161-83.html
> 
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