Full vs. Responsible Disclosure of Vulnerabilities
From CyberSecurity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_disclosure
- What are software/hardware vulnerabilities?
- Why should we disclose the vulnerabilities?
- What peoples discover the vulnerabilities?
- What peoples take the advantage of vulnerabilities?
- Once people discover vulnerabilities, how much should they disclose (full/partial)? Who should they disclose to (public/government/academic-research/manufacturer-only)? When should they disclose?
- What constitute a responsible disclosure?
- Does “Open Source” necessarily mean full disclosure?
- Comparing the disclosure of vulnerabilities to other non-cyber subjects, i.e. health, environment
- Should we have a public committee to manage/control the info flow of vulnerabilities?
- Would a limited disclosure work? Once a patch is release, hackers can apply reverse-engineering to understand the vulnerabilities.