Disclosing Software Vulnerabilities
Internet Security: Hacking, Counterhacking and Society, pp. 255-268, 2006
15 Pages Posted: 21 Dec 2006
There are 2 versions of this paper
Disclosing Software Vulnerabilities
Abstract
Information can cause harm. A person may defame or defraud another. A person may use information offered to her by another on how to kill a person and kill, in fact, a person. A person may kill herself upon learning that she has a terrible cancer. A kid may be exposed to illegal pornographic material. A textbook may contain dangerously inaccurate technical instructions or allegations. A label on a Tshirt should have included the word 'flammable' but did not. A computer virus may cause millions of dollars damage. This is a very short list of examples: information, which has so many facets, transmission channels and meanings, has an equally diverse potential of causing very different kinds of damage.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation