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- 1Colin Percival reflects on 2005 RSA side-channel disclosure●Colin Percival, FreeBSD maintainer and author of Tarsnap, reflecting on what it was like responsibly disclosing a side-c
Security researcher Colin Percival, a FreeBSD maintainer and creator of Tarsnap, has published a reflection on his 2005 responsible disclosure of a side-channel attack that could expose RSA private keys. The essay revisits the tense process of coordinating with vendors before going public, and readers note it resonates with today's debates over recent disclosure controversies in the security community.