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Publishing Exploit Code Ruled Illegal In France

Posted by timothy on from the trying-to-think-with-cervelles-braisees dept.

Dexter writes "A French Court has condemned the security researcher Guillame Tena for publishing a security vulnerability in the Viguard anti-virus software of Tegam. This ruling makes the publication of security vulnerabilities and their proof of concept through reverse engneering illegal in France."

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  1. oh it's france, that makes it ok by towzzer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I was wondering why the first comment was defending what normally on slashdot would be considered censorship with 1,000's of post about how it's bad. Then i realized it wasn't the american government so it can't be bad.

  2. Ahhh..... by NecroPuppy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The tried and true French method of "stick your head in the sand, and hope it will go away on it's own."

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    I like you, Stuart. You're not like everyone else, here, at Slashdot.
  3. Re:French Court: "Surrender Now" by gnuman99 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why didn't you just write . How hard is it for people to read the second line under the submit button?