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Microsoft, Researchers Tussle Over Security Issues | |
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| Time: 06:23 EST/11:23 GMT | News Source: Reuters | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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Computer security researchers on Tuesday accused Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O of trying to avoid taking responsibility for fixing holes in its software by making it harder for people who discover them to publicize the security breaches. Following recent high-profile worms such as Code Red and Nimda, Microsoft has embarked on a campaign to get researchers to restrain themselves when warning the public about security holes and bugs, a practice known as "disclosure," according to several researchers. The issue is one of the main topics on the agenda at the Microsoft-sponsored conference, "Trusted Computing Forum 2001," in Mountain View, Calif., which started on Tuesday. | ||
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| #1 By 2332 (129.21.145.80) at 11/7/2001 11:12:33 AM |
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How misleading. Microsoft NEVER suggested that the public shouldn't be made aware of bugs. They suggested that the security experts that discovered the bugs refrain from posting easy to use exploits for those bugs, which does nothing but allow "script kiddies" to take advantage of the holes.
I've yet to hear a very good argument for releasing the source for an exploit before a patch has been supplied. |
| #2 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 11/7/2001 5:22:15 PM |
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This has been a complicated issue. NTBUGTRAQ threw a whole bunch of emails at me this past weekend. I responded to Russ and said I think one of the problems is this lack of clear definitions. Nobody really listens to what others are saying, they just immediately say they are wrong.
Although I do notice it seems more from the people who think Microsoft is suggesting that nothing get's exclosed to the public. |
| #3 By 2332 (129.21.145.80) at 11/7/2001 5:26:54 PM |
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I am fairly sure the "tussle" being refered to is the suggestion by Microsoft that the exploits not be released.
I will look into this issue further. |
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