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Schneier On Full Disclosure

Posted by Hemos on from the interesting-reading dept.

Bruce let me know that he's written a piece on ZDNet (original home of the for the Window of Exposure idea is on Counterpane ? ) about the problems of not following full disclosure. Very well written and does a great job of summarizing why full disclosure works. The original piece from Culp @ Microsoft is also available, along with the PowerPoint that they did.

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  1. That innocent little list o' worms by carambola5 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Anyone else notice the peculiarity of the list at the beginning of Culp @ Microsoft? Let's see....
    • Code RedMicrosoft worm.
    • LionLinux worm
    • SadmindSolaris worm that affected Microsoft OS's (*ack* if you can call them OS's!)
    • RamenLinux worm
    • NimdaMicrosoft worm
    Now that means that a "representative" list of worms would contain 50% Microsoft worms, 40% Linux worms, and 10% Solaris worms. It's good to see Microsoft presenting a legitimate picture of what's going on. C'mon!! Windows practically breeds worms! Linux has had how many? 4, 5? Morris, Ramen, Lion, Adore. That's all I can come up with. Now, do I start listing the Microsoft worms (not to mention virii)?...
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