“Exploit author SkyLined credits several people with assisting him in the creation of PwnZilla 5. In his description of the code, he says, "Since Netscape has not replied to reports about this vulnerability I've chosen to release it."”

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“The vulnerability was originally reported to the Mozilla Foundation by Tom Ferris, who elected to make it public before fixed versions of Firefox and the Mozilla Application Suite were released. SecurityProNews reporter John Stith interviewed Tom Ferris about the IDN vulnerability last week, providing more insight into why Ferris chose to publish details of the flaw. Stith's article states: "He [Ferris] also commented that when he initially submitted all his information to Mozilla, they seemed at odds and he felt put out by them... Microsoft has always 'treated him more like a professional.' He said he felt the folks over at Mozilla treated him more like a kid."”