9.11. Exercises

1:List the issues involved in the software vulnerability reporting argument. What are the technical issues? What are the psychological/sociological ones? What are the managerial ones? What are the economic ones? What are the ethical ones? Select a vulnerability reporting process that you think is appropriate and explain why it meets more requirements than any other process.
2:Would you hire Goli (the computer security consultant and hacker from case study VIII) to protect your computer system? How would you respond if she came to you describing a vulnerability in your system and offering to help you fix it? Explain your answer.

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