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HP Uses DMCA To Quash Vulnerability Publication

Posted by Hemos on from the beat-'em-down-with-a-stick dept.

Several readers wrote to note the fact that HP has evidently threatened to use the DMCA and computer crime laws against SnoSoft who have found a security flaw in Tru64. The quote from the HP VP is that the accused "could be fined up to $500,000 and imprisoned for up to five years."

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  1. bugtraq email by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative
    Contents of the bugtraq email. Doing anon, fearful of prison buggery:


    got fed up of corporate bullshit
    here is the warez, nothing special, but it does the job :)
    note, this is just one of many many exploitable bofs in tru64 5.x
    http://deepmagic.securify.org.uk:8080/su.c
    phased
    phased@mail

  2. Tell HP's CEO what you think! by Arcturax · · Score: 5, Informative

    Email their president and CEO from this page!

    Tell her in NICE non flaming tones why you feel what they are doing is wrong. Explain that this kind of action makes you unwilling to buy any more products from them.

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    --Won't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop. - Dr. Walter Gibbs
  3. Re:Bruce Perens by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Informative
    I don't know, but I am not happy to hear this at all. And if it's true, I'll take them to task for it. This is the first I've heard of the whole thing.

    Bruce

    --
    Bruce Perens.
  4. Re:Bruce, it's time for you to make a decision by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 4, Informative
    I just heard of this for the first time, so give me some time to speak with the people involved.

    Bruce

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    Bruce Perens.
  5. Re:Bruce Perens by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Informative
    By the way, my phone is 510-526-1165, if you feel the need to talk about this. I leave that line off the hook when I don't want calls, but it's available most of the day.

    Bruce

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    Bruce Perens.
  6. Honorable Bruce Perens by jsse · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just in case few of us here don't know about him. You can find his homepage here
    , and in his Bio you can find:

    " Hewlett-Packard Corporation - 2000 to Present

    Senior strategist, Linux and Open Source. I am the first Open Source evangelist to gain a role in top management of a multi-Billion-dollar corporation. On the org chart there are only three people between me and the CEO - a general manager, a vice president, and a president. Among my assignments is to challenge HP management."

    So he's in position to speak up in this case.

    Note: I don't know if it's redundent but I'm sure some people would like to know. I don't ask for any mod point.