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Date:      Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:06:43 -0500
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Hogwash
Message-ID:  <20020625010643.GC43386@madman.nectar.cc>
In-Reply-To: <200206250058.g5P0wgLJ021374@cvs.openbsd.org>
References:  <20020625005318.GB43386@madman.nectar.cc> <200206250058.g5P0wgLJ021374@cvs.openbsd.org>

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On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 06:58:42PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > Still, we'll all be much more at ease once all the cards are on the
> > table.  I appreciate that you are trying to prepare users, but forgive
> > me if I don't agree that witholding the details is the best approach.
> 
> So please, humour me.  Who precisely should I be telling this
> information to, who isn't going to leak it, ship patches to their
> customers early, etc.
> 
> Who?

Your favorite pet? :-)  And then muzzle it.

I don't disagree that leaks happen.  That's Just the Way It Is.  I'd
rather we had the information now to make wise choices about what to
do with deployed systems, custom hacks, and older-but-still-supported
releases --- knowing there is a possibility for `leakage' that grows
with time.  As it is, we'll just have to wait until... what...
Thursday?

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc>                 http://www.nectar.cc/
NTT/Verio SME          .     FreeBSD UNIX     .       Heimdal Kerberos
jvidrine@verio.net     .  nectar@FreeBSD.org  .          nectar@kth.se

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