[96145] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: UK ISP threatens security researcher
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward Lewis)
Thu Apr 19 14:32:06 2007
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0704171830080.15316-100000@linuxbox.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:28:58 -0400
To: Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org>
From: Edward Lewis <Ed.Lewis@neustar.biz>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
At 18:30 -0500 4/17/07, Gadi Evron wrote:
>http://www.theregister.com/2007/04/17/hackers_service_terminated/
>
>"A 21-year-old college student in London had his internet service
>terminated and was threatened with legal action after publishing details
>of a critical vulnerability that can compromise the security of the ISP's
>subscribers."
I don't see any part of the story that indicates that the ISP did
wrong, I see plenty that the student did wrong. E.g., did the
student ever try to discreetly raise the issue with the ISP before
going public?
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