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This process is called "responsible disclosure".

That can lead to "a feeling of false security."

The patches mitigating CVE-2013-1667 are all public.

The patches are public; but whether they actually address the perceived problem -- nor even if the perceived problem is actually a problem -- cannot be determined without knowing what the problem is.

The only code which is not public is the code which demonstrates a key-discovery attack on perls old hash function,

Easily reproduced with a 20 line script. It is running now:

You do not know what you are talking about

Actually, I do. As you will find out.


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