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AFAICT, the project zero team is about hunting down bugs and disclosing them responsibly.[1] They occasionally do write-ups on the projec...

AFAICT, the project zero team is about hunting down bugs and disclosing them responsibly.[1] They occasionally do write-ups on the project zero blog , after the vuln has gone public, but without actually giving out "kiddies-ready expoits", i.e. exploit source. But even if they did , that still isn't a "questionable practice" - if the full details of the exploit are public, you'd barely need a writeup to connect the dots. > Even if patches were available, it would be far better to wait for most devices to be patched before releasing a full exploit. So, for router exploits (say), that would be Infinity? If the manufacturer doesn't care, or the update ecosystem is broken (or nonexistent), nobody is more secure because someone did a writeup about a vuln that everyone (..interested) knows about. Most exploits, however complex their discovery process may have been, end up as "send these bytes in this order" - they are usually very simple to duplicate once you know where the bodies are buried. [1] As the GP says, 90 days is responsible disclosure.

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AFAICT, the project zero team is about hunting down bugs and disclosing them responsibly.[1] They occasionally do write-ups on the projec...

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AFAICT, the project zero team is about hunting down bugs and disclosing them responsibly.[1] They occasionally do write-ups on the project zero blog , after the vuln has gone public, but without actually giving out "kiddies-ready expoits", i.e. exploit source. But even if they did , that still isn't a "questionable practice" - if the full details of the exploit are public, you'd barely need a writeup to connect the dots. > Even if patches were available, it would be far better to wait for most devices to be patched before releasing a full exploit. So, for router exploits (say), that would be Infinity? If the manufacturer doesn't care, or the update ecosystem is broken (or nonexistent), nobody is more secure because someone did a writeup about a vuln that everyone (..interested) knows about. Most exploits, however complex their discovery process may have been, end up as "send these bytes in this order" - they are usually very simple to duplicate once you know where the bodies are buried. [1] As the GP says, 90 days is responsible disclosure.

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