full-disclosure - Re: go public to avoid jail

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Message-ID: <h2n2d6724811004290905se1e82eafrc0403dbe2c51ff5d@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:05:49 -0400
From: T Biehn <tbiehn@...il.com>
To: J Roger <securityhocus@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: go public to avoid jail

Or you could just auction it off to the 'highest bidder.'

-Travis

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:48 PM, J Roger <securityhocus@...il.com> wrote:

> An important lesson from childhood, sharing, could help keep you out of
> jail.
>
> According to the following (dated) Wired article,
> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/stephen-watt/ Stephen Watt got
> screwed because he supplied his friend with a software tool he wrote and his
> friend used it to commit a crime.
>
> Had Stephen released his tool to the public (with as much or as little
> fanfare as he liked) would he still have gone to jail?
>
> He could make a good argument for legitimate uses of his tool as well. It
> would be useful for anyone performing a PCI penetration test in compliance
> with PCI DSS 11.3
>
> Remember kids, sharing is caring (that you not spend the next 2 years in
> federal prison)
>
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