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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. fp? by n3r0.m4dski11z · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ohh how i want fp...

    shouts to the good dr.acula

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  2. Full disclosure. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I'd like to disclose everything for you guys.

  3. God by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I will become a god one day. I will live forever and remake the universe in my image.

  4. of course by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I, as usual, have the...

    FIRST FUCKING POST BITCHES!!!

    Oh yeah... can't beat the llama...

    mcdougal

    shoutouts to mick, the TPM

  5. I make this first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post for Jesus !!! !!

  6. They don't call it.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "culp-ability" for nothing, I guess. :(

  7. whew by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bruce left me know

    at least he didn't right you know, that would have been devestating.

  8. Errors.. by roguerez · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Bruce left 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 availible, along with the PowerPoint that they did.

    That's at least two spelling errors I could catch, and the style as a whole sucks.

    I recommend spending at least 10 seconds on writing a Slashdot post.

    1. Re:Errors.. by Dr+Caleb · · Score: 1, Offtopic
      Bruce left me know that he's
      He's. Contraction. [he is], [he] possessive.


      Which is it? "he is written"? And don't say "He has", that's not a contraction!


      Now let's discuss your dangling participle...:-P

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      "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
    2. Re:Errors.. by Multiple+Sanchez · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      What are you talking about?

      who's = who is or who has
      you're = you are
      it's = it is or it has
      they're = they are

      Am I loopy? Anyone who hasn't taken elementary school English shouldn't be part of this argument, non?

    3. Re:Errors.. by Paul+Komarek · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      You're fine. Never use an apostrophe with a possessive pronoun like "its". The original guy is whacked. I've never been completely comfortable with "it's" for "it has" in written language. I'm really uncomfortable with "who's" in written language. Obviously both are spoken.

      -Paul Komarek

    4. Re:Errors.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "Bruce left 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 availible, along with the PowerPoint that they did."

      Bruce let me know that he has written an article on ZDNet (Is the original home of the Window of Exposure idea Counterpane?) about the problems of not following full disclosure. The article is very well written, and it does a great job of summarizing why full disclosure works. The original piece by Scott Culp of Microsoft is also available, along with the PowerPoint presentation that they produced.

      So can I be a Slashdot editor now?

    5. Re:Errors.. by Pyrrus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      we understand what he was trying to say.
      nit picking to that degree isn't nessicary, so
      please shut the fuck up.

    6. Re:Errors.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I barfed in my shoe. Would you like to see it?

  9. Anal retention by Multiple+Sanchez · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    On a site where 9999 out of 10000 submissions get rejected, I can understand submitters not double-checking their spelling every time. On the other hand, ./ posts, what, 20 or so stories a day? Let the poster give it a once-over.

    Even better, I heard there is "spell-checking" software in development somewhere. If it's GPL'ed, maybe Rob will stick it into the next slash release? This is just off the top of my head.

    1. Re:Anal retention by ichimunki · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Spell checking would have only caught one of the two spelling errors in the article posting. Maybe someday computers will be good with natural language, but not yet. Until such time, I suggest we all learn to communicate in Perl, which (for a computer language) is as close to a natural language as I've seen (often messy, too many ways to say the same thing, style differences can result in unintelligibility, etc etc).

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    2. Re:Anal retention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      After diligent research, I can disclose to you why Slashdot editors post comments with spelling and grammatical errors.

      The editorial staff thinks this style makes them cool. They are following the lead of their hero, Linux Torvalds, who frequently posts comments with spelling errors, bad grammar and inflammatory comment.

      For instance, consider Torvalds' comments to the respected Computer Scientist, Andrew Tanenbaum. Torvalds tells Tanenbaum, "You loose.", and I don't think he was implying Prof. Tanenbaum was promiscuous.

      Most other posts follow the same format. In fact, Torvalds is about as coherent as Poppy Bush, the father not the son, talking about 1000 points of light.

      Consequently, the /. editors feel that in order to be cool, and get the fanboy cult of personality, they must abuse the english language.

  10. Re:I have a full disclosure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    trust me you'd much rather have it sweaty than dry

  11. Re:MS has made a big mistake by nider · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ooh, I'm an idiot. That hurts, mr. Anonymous Coward.

  12. A QUESTION FOR EVERYONE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wats de diff between flamebait, offtopic and troll when the moderaterts mod a comment? i think this is goign to be offtopic cause dats what most of my comments are, but this could still be called a troll or flamebait

  13. Re:MS has made a big mistake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    no. This is definitely the end of MS. Soon apple and Maxtor will team up to release a network appliance! Or... something... well, maybe DR-DOS will outcompete them. No, wait... I bet people will like staring at blinking text again. Yeah! UNIX will destroy them! I rooolz u!!!!!!!!!!!!1fdfgldkfg

    -Johnathon P. Trolaxxor
    Vote true on issue "XOR"!

  14. What the...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the hell is "Taco-snotting" and why does this website's owner keep emailing me about it? Sorry if this is offtopic, but you're webmaster is verging on harassment. He included lewd pictures of his penis last time!!

    1. Re:What the...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah I got that shit too. Can someone please tell me what "Taco-Snotting" is???

      I'm in the dark.

    2. Re:What the...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      dont mod this post oftopic! i got that email too!!! someone tell me what this wesbite is about and why i would want to "taco-snott" with its owner? heeeeelllppp

      dave124235@aol.com

  15. Re:A question? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    well this post was flaming someone and they didnt get modded to flamebait, whats going on here/?

  16. Re:He pegs it with this: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Christ man, looking through the comments
    on this story you have systematically astroturfed
    for Microsoft in almost every thread posted.
    If you're not Scott Culp you've gotta be sucking his dick.

  17. Re:Out of context by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Christ man, looking through the comments
    on this story you have systematically astroturfed
    for Microsoft in almost every thread posted.
    If you're not Scott Culp you've gotta be sucking his dick.

  18. Re:What Culp actually said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Christ man, looking through the comments
    on this story you have systematically astroturfed
    for Microsoft in almost every thread posted.
    If you're not Scott Culp you've gotta be sucking his dick.

  19. Re:Grace Period by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Christ man, looking through the comments
    on this story you have systematically astroturfed
    for Microsoft in almost every thread posted.
    If you're not Scott Culp you've gotta be sucking his dick.

  20. Re:Out of context by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Christ man, looking through the comments
    on this story you have systematically astroturfed
    for Microsoft in almost every thread posted.
    If you're not Scott Culp you've gotta be sucking his dick.

  21. Re:What Culp actually said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Christ man, looking through the comments
    on this story you have systematically astroturfed
    for Microsoft in almost every thread posted.
    If you're not Scott Culp you've gotta be sucking his dick.