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1. Introduction

Author : Alana Maurushat

Published in: Disclosure of Security Vulnerabilities

Publisher: Springer London

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Much debate has been given to whether computer security is improved through full disclosure of security vulnerabilities versus keep the problems private and unspoken. Although there is still tension between those who feel strongly about the subject, a middle ground of responsible disclosure seems to have emerged. Unfortunately, just as we’ve moved into an era with more responsible disclosure, it would seem that there is a growing market for security vulnerabilities and zero day exploits. This book considers both ethical and legal issues involved with the disclosure of vulnerabilities and looks at the ways in which law might respond to these challenges.

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[1]. There are two competing models which dominate Internet analysis. The first is the Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model (OSI Model) which is comprised of seven layers: physical, data link, network, transport, session, presentation and application. See http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model. The other model is the TCP/IP Model which has five layers: application, transport, network, data link and physical. See http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP_model.

Libicki refers to this as the ‘syntactic layer’ which is comprised of instruction and interaction between information systems. This is also known as the ‘application layer’. Refer to Note 1, p. 8.

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Title: Introduction
Author: Alana Maurushat
Publisher: Springer London
Book: Disclosure of Security Vulnerabilities
Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-5003-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4471-5004-6

Copyright Year: 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5004-6_1

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