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Re:Key Reinstallation Attacks – Breaking WPA2 by Forcing Non... by gizzlon on Monday October 16, 2017 @06:02AM (#15482071)
"As a compromise, I allowed them to silently patch the vulnerability." The way I read that they broke no embargo
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Re:Key Reinstallation Attacks – Breaking WPA2 by Forcing Non... by cyphar on Monday October 16, 2017 @06:25AM (#15482193)
They were pressured by OpenBSD to do so, and regret it. That doesn't mean they broke embargo, but it also doesn't reflect well on them. Do you think Theo would've respected the embargo if they had said "no, do not patch until the embargo date?"
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Re:Key Reinstallation Attacks – Breaking WPA2 by Forcing Non... by brians on Monday October 16, 2017 @08:23AM (#15482685)
Yes. He would have tried to persuade them, perhaps cut out the researchers to persuade CERT.
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Re:Key Reinstallation Attacks – Breaking WPA2 by Forcing Non... by abcdef123xyz on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:18PM (#15485884)
Who says they were pressured?
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