[34494] in bugtraq
Re: Full-Disclosure is now ILLEGAL in France ! (Vulnerabilties,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Wysopal)
Fri Apr 9 13:38:45 2004
Date: 9 Apr 2004 16:51:52 -0000
Message-ID: <20040409165152.2156.qmail@www.securityfocus.com>
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From: Chris Wysopal <cwysopal@atstake.com>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
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>From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms@computerbytesman.com>
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>Would this new French law apply to an American (or other foreigner) who
>travels to France for business or on a vacation if this person has >published exploit code on a Web site?
Will it apply to any web site with exploit code/tools accessible from France? In November 2000 a French court ruled that Yahoo must block French users from accessing sales of Nazi memorabilia. Yahoo was subject to fines of 100,000 francs (US$12,853) per day if it didn't block French users.
CDT has the story:
http://www.cdt.org/publications/pp_6.20.shtml
-Chris
