Shouldn't we be upset with The Register for broadcasting this?
Shouldn't we be upset with The Register for exposing this before anyone's had a chance to patch for it? My understanding is, the big players affected by this vulnerability have known for months and are working on mitigating it, but have been asked to keep it quiet so hackers didn't come up with a way to take advantage of it. Now that The Register has publicly spilled this--(apparently against the wishes and advice of everyone involved)--aren't hackers off to the races to exploit this now? Looking at the ongoing conversations taking place out there, it looks like it won't take hackers too terribly long to put something together...just hopefully longer than it will to put preventative measures in place.
I hope The Register reporter(s) are happy with their "we-got-it-first" award and can sleep well at night knowing they may have given hackers a head start.
<Just a thought.>
Biting the hand that feeds IT
