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Posting the gory details this early on is not a nice thing to do. It's probably best to hold off for a while until everyone has had a reasonable chance to upgra

• merlincorey 14y ago
  Do you think not selling guns on an open market stops criminals from obtaining them as well?
  • charliesome 14y ago
    If you want to get into silly analogies, compare the US to Australia. Tight firearms restrictions in AU makes it significantly harder for criminals to obtain guns.
  • tptacek 14y ago
    If anybody thinks we're solving vulnerability full disclosure once and for all on an HN thread about a Rails vulnerability, that person is pretty naive. We've now officially captured both sides of the argument and can safely move on.
• elliotanderson 14y ago
  At this stage with the vulnerability publicly and widely reported - demonstrating an attack vector that involves seemingly harmless code is perfectly acceptable. Not everyone understands the magic involved and it would be able to spot exploitable code.
  • charliesome 14y ago
    A harmless payload can be absolutely trivially turned into a malicious payload. I intend to share some details about this later on, but not so soon after the vulnerability is announced. There has to be a reasonable amount of time allowed for people to patch their servers.