Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:48:56 -0500 From: Bob.Gorichanaz@midata.com To: kris@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: brett@lariat.org, wes@softweyr.com, dga@POBOX.COM, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two kinds of advisories? Message-ID: <OFFCA6BBED.9F9F2F04-ON8625691B.00723619@midata.com>
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And besides, he'll STILL get calls from clients who don't know what
software they have INSTALLED!
The phone conversation will go from:
Client: "Do I have to worry about this SA?"
Tech: "Nope, it has to do with the PORTS collection, as indicated in the
subject line"
to:
Client: "Do I have to worry about this SA?"
Tech: "Nope, it has to do with the PORTS collection, and you don't have
this port installed"
-=bob=-
Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>@FreeBSD.ORG on 07/13/2000 03:44:13 PM
Sent by: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Sent From the mail file of: Bob Gorichanaz
To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, "David G. Andersen" <dga@POBOX.COM>,
security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Two kinds of advisories?
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Brett Glass wrote:
> I'm not the only one who has noticed that the current format has caused
> third-party bugs to be seen as security holes in FreeBSD. Let's make it
You are incorrect: the *old* naming scheme (no mention of 'Ports') in the
subject was in force when this happened. I only started putting 'Ports' in
the subject on July 5th, 8 days ago. This was done with the express
intention of differentiating between the two streams.
> Matt's idea of numbering Ports advisories as PORTS-<Whatever> to
> distinguish them from bugs in FreeBSD proper.
"Ports" is already in the subject. If someone doesn't know what "Ports"
means, how will changing the advisory numbering make any difference?
Kris
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