jlang wrote:
] This is fucked up. France has already shown little hesitation
] in suing american sites that violate french law. I wonder if
] they're going to start fining security companies anytime a new
] vunlerability is published?

This isn't a criminal statute. Its civil. If you reverse engineer my software I can sue you. Whether or not you or I need to have actually been in France I'm not sure, but I'll bet that cases which are unrelated to France have little to be concerned with.

All tolled, the USA is much worse. The DMCA is a criminal statute, and the police have snagged foreign nationals accused of reverse engineering when they've made short trips to the US.

RE: Publishing exploit code ruled illegal in france