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5/21/2008 3:20 PM
 

Mitchel,

  Michael specifically has not been contacted and is just as upset as the rest of us over the way this has been handled.


Joe Brinkman
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5/21/2008 3:26 PM
 

Joe Brinkman wrote

Mitchel,

  Michael specifically has not been contacted and is just as upset as the rest of us over the way this has been handled.

I had a feeling that was the case......

...this is sure turning into an interesting saga....

Special thanks to Shaun, Joe, and the rest of the core team that is digging into this item, I'm sure that this is not something you guys were looking to deal with on a Wednesday...


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5/21/2008 3:30 PM
 

Just to clarify, we did not submit a report to security@dotnetnuke.com as of yet, but we were in contact with members of the core team this morning.  As I write this we are putting together a report for security@dotnetnuke.com.  Also, no PowerDNN customer was charged anything for this patch, as it is our responsibility to ensure the security of their installations.  Again, from a resource perspective we have to charge non-customers for time spent on a patch.  We were forced to send out a blast e-mail to all of our customers about the vulnerability because many of them have development installations that would overwrite the patch if they weren't

 
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5/21/2008 3:31 PM
 

Mitch Sellers wrote

Joe,

I'm not sure if it helps or not, but I've heard through a few grapevines today that Michael Washington might have been contacted....

I had assumed that PowerDNN gave the information to security@dotnetnuke.com and the Core hadn't responded yet. When there is an exploit normal Core members get the details when the rest of the community gets the details because only the people working on the problem "need to know".

I was contacted by a PowerDNN representative when I asked for the patch fix for free. I was told to give FTP access to my site. I then found out the the Core was not told about the patch.

Then my "Head exploded". I then sent a email to PowerDNN telling them that I thought it was wrong to sell the patch.

So my mistake was asking for the patch for free. I should not have done that. I should have sent PowerDNN an email telling them that it is wrong to sell a security patch for Open Source software under any circumstances. The source is "open" so that we can all "protect each other".

PowerDNN cannot call it a "service" to "patch it for us" because they don't want to "tell us what the exploit is".

How about this, when the next bug comes out, how about I charge for it?



Michael Washington
http://ADefWebserver.com
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5/21/2008 3:35 PM
 

Aside from the security@dotnetnuke.com address, which every long-standing developer in the community knows about, there are several points of contact listed on the DotNetNuke.com "Contacts" page.  These are for webmaster@, advertising@, and sales@.  I am a recipient on each of these lists, and have NOT received any communication from PowerDNN on this matter (whereas in the past, I have been reached several times via these channels by parties reporting potential security issues.) Now, keep in mind that the email circulated by PowerDNN stated they first learned about the problem on Monday evening, broadcast it on Tuesday PM, and didn't email any of our contact points.  Curious...

 
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