[NEWS] Highly Respected OpenBSD and OpenSSH Programmer Censors Website, Cites DMCA

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Date: 09/05/01 

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Subject: [NEWS] Highly Respected OpenBSD and OpenSSH Programmer Censors Website, Cites DMCA
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Date: Wed,  5 Sep 2001 23:26:54 +0200 (CEST)

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  Highly Respected OpenBSD and OpenSSH Programmer Censors Website, Cites
DMCA
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SUMMARY

Dug Song is a highly respected OpenBSD and OpenSSH programmer, the author
of Dsniff and numerous security papers including a common vulnerability in
many firewall applications and servers. Dug Song decided that he could no
longer publish his web site without violating the DMCA (Digital Millennium
Copyright Act).

DETAILS

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 independent security testing (often, if not always) without
compensation and simply for the challenge and to promote safer, stronger
software.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:jono@microshaft.org> Jon O
.

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