Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 19:28:57 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: kduling@natasha.scccc.com (Kevin J. Duling) Cc: owner-freebsd-security@freefall.freebsd.org (Glen Foster), coredump@nervosa.com, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: very bad Message-ID: <8769.832386537@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 May 1996 10:16:36 MDT." <199605171616.KAA15759@natasha.scccc.com>
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> If you don't announce the bugs, then the crackers learn them while the > admins are left in ignorance. You're not going to find a forum where > you know you're only telling "the right people" about the problem. I don't disagree in principle, but I still think that a slavish adherance to either a "don't tell anything" or "tell everyone" philosophy is a mistake, and each situation should be handled on a case by case basis. In some cases you're informing the populace of a very important piece of information and in others you're simply handling the baby a blasting cap to play with. Jordan
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