[9620] in bugtraq
Re: ICQ99 crash
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Stewart)
Tue Feb 16 20:08:28 1999
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 21:07:30 GMT
Reply-To: Joe Stewart <bugtraq@HTTPTECH.COM>
From: Joe Stewart <bugtraq@HTTPTECH.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.990215080459.15795A-100000@cs>
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999 08:06:47 -0500, you wrote:
>I think you should be aware that ICQ99 is a BETA release. IT IS NOT
>INTENDED FOR USE BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Do not report the bug to Bugtraq,
>but instead, do what you agreed to when downloading ICQ99, report it to
>ICQ so that they can fix the bug in the general release. That's the
>purpose of BETA.
Ordinarily I'd say that's a good rule, but ICQ is an exception to the rule IMHO.
Let's not kid ourselves, ICQ _is_ in widespread use by the general public. It's
been in a perpetual beta stage since its release and there doesn't seem to be a
commercial release in sight. This is not your average beta program.
Security flaws and bugs in this program can affect millions of users, and I
think that deserves to be addressed on Bugtraq.
-Joe
