Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 23:15:28 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Dave McKay <dave@mu.org> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports security advisories.. Message-ID: <20000321071528.B5AB41CC9@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from Dave McKay <dave@mu.org> of "Mon, 20 Mar 2000 15:46:14 CST." <20000320154614.A63670@elvis.mu.org>
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Dave McKay wrote: > Is it really necessary to post the ports security advisories? > The exploitable programs are not part of the FreeBSD OS, they > are third party software. I think the proper place for these > is the Bugtraq mailing list on securityfocus.com. Also to add > to the arguments, most of the advisories are not FreeBSD > specific. Sadly yes, it seems it is. If we get in first, we get to remind people that it's not a standard part of FreeBSD etc. Otherwise people post on bugtraq "security hole in FreeBSD, no public response after a week" style things which do not look good at all. Doing it this way is a bit irritiating but is the least evil of the alternatives. Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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