[cod] SecurityFocus

Steven Hartland killing at multiplay.co.uk
Wed Feb 16 14:38:27 EST 2005


I must say I don't agree with releasing code even proof of concept
to the public domain its just plain ignorant if u think that's not going
to have a detrimental effect and as Ian so rightly points out its the
same with bots.

Its a sad state of affairs :( The best we can do is keep our servers
patched to the best of our abilities.

    Steve / K
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian mu" <mu.llamas at gmail.com>


> I'm not referencing his coding, or even his general whatever. I just
> personally think releasing an exploit into the public is stupid, end
> of story, would anyone else here do it? We're now starting to see the
> effects of it as server after server (patched, again not linux cod
> before ppl get worried) go down, and banning people via iptables.
> 
> Its kind of the same argument as to why people release bots, so
> exploits get covered up. I'm sure he is a genuine nice chap by the
> votes of confidence here and even probably had good intention, but
> what he did even if by mistake I still retain is stupid, unless
> someone can explain how suddenly any average joe being able to take
> down tens of thousands of servers is clever.


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