[free-sklyarov] Highly respected OpenBSD, OpenSSH programmer censors website, cites DMCA

[Jon O .]

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Subject: [DMCA_discuss] Highly respected OpenBSD, OpenSSH programmer censors website, cites DMCA
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 16:09:01 -0700


Dug Song is a highly respected OpenBSD, OpenSSH programmer and the 
author of Dsniff and numerous security papers including a common 
vulnerability in many firewall applications and servers.

He has censored his own website, citing the DMCA:

http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/

At this time it is not clear whether the site was taken down under 
pressure from corporations or simply attempting to express feelings
about the DMCA and possibly start a trend whereby security researchers
withhold their own research because they are at risk under the DMCA.

Many people outside of the security industry do not fully understand
that independent security research by people like Dug Song often find
security holes, vulnerabilities and are the driving force toward stronger
software and security practices within corporations. They are the watch
dogs that ensure indepentent security testing (often, if not always) without
compensation and simply for the challenge and to promote safer, stronger 
software.



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