Sunday, January 23, 2005

On the discussion of security vulnerabilities

On the discussion of security vulnerabilities: "Is it harmful to discuss security vulnerabilities?

The debate over the open discussion of security vulnerabilities long predates the Internet and computers. The recent reaction of some locksmiths to my master keying research paper heightened my interest in this subject. Here's what one of the 19th century's foremost inventors of mechanical locks had to say 150 years ago:"