Do posting Vulnerability's really help
Ok what's your opinon about posting vulnerability's. DO they help you patch your system. Or help hackers(crackers) break into them.I don't think it's wrong but, isn't hacking (cracking) all based on finding loophles, vulnerability's. Well it's good to know information, but should it be made available to everyone? I totally believe in free, and sharing so I will say that it does both it helps the hacker(cracker), and it also helps stop them.
Re: posting exploits to aid security
Great question. I would have to respond to that by saying that the attackers already have the information and are sharing it within their circles. I believe that security in general would be under much greater risk without the free and open dicusssion of security issues on the horizon, including the methods the exploits could be used to compromise a system. Not doing this borders on the concept of information police, normal law abiding citizens would be clueless, yet the attackers would still have and share their information underground.
In addition I think it has caused software developers to take more proactive steps in dealing with issues in their code. In free open exchange about exploits they really don't have much choice because everyone concerned knows what the problem is and if they fixed it. So, I think it not only aids in improving security as a whole, but also improves the software that we all use.