A fuzzy issue of responsible disclosure

I'm talking hypothetically. But running a fuzzer on a code base that hasn't been fuzzed before could probably generate a stream like that without any problem at all.

I once took over a program. I think it took me six months to clean up all the problems revealed just by upping the compiler warning level. And the comments earlier in the article imply that people are being hit by exactly this - projects being flooded with fuzzer reports.

> Claiming that reporting *legitimate* security bugs is akin to harassment is pretty wild.

Not when it's done with no regard whatsoever for the *people* running that project. If you're talking about faceless corporations then of course it APPEARS to be impersonal. But that only makes it worse for the real individuals on the receiving end.

What's that definition of hell? Responsibility without authority? If you are being held accountable for something you have no control over, then that's hell. That's harassment. And legitimate or not, flooding A PERSON with bug reports - serious or not - beyond their ability to cope is not acceptable.

I was fine - that 6-month cleanup was something I opted in to - I felt the company's development practices were extremely lackadaisical and it was my choice to fix it, but if I'd had it dumped on me and been pressured to get it fixed yesterday, then ...

Cheers,
Wol