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Date:      Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:48:53 -0800
From:      "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
Cc:        Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org>, Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>, Martin Blapp <mb@imp.ch>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/mountd mountd.c src/usr.sbin/rpc.lockd lockd.c src/usr.sbin/rpc.statd statd.c src/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd yppasswdd_main.c src/usr.sbin/rpcbind rpcb_svc_com 
Message-ID:  <200301172248.h0HMmrkC092859@intruder.bmah.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030117221141.GT33821@elvis.mu.org> 
References:  <20030116185752.L98919@levais.imp.ch> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0301161015050.46845-100000@root.org> <20030116185115.GQ33821@elvis.mu.org> <20030117215606.GA29071@klapaucius.zer0.org> <20030117140254.A96500@FreeBSD.org> <20030117220937.GV2964@klapaucius.zer0.org> <20030117221141.GT33821@elvis.mu.org>

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If memory serves me right, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> * Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org> [030117 14:09] wrote:
> > 
> > Ah, right.  An immediate message to developers and later forced
> > commit.  Somehow I misread that the first time such that both the
> > message and the forced commit would come only after the public
> > release of security information.  Sorry.
> > 
> > What do you think of codifying the situation in the Committer's Guide?
> 
> I think it's a great idea, when will you be done? :)

It sounds to me like you (pl.) are advocating early disclosure of
security vulnerability information to a set of several hundred people, 
at a time when generally, only a handful of people have need-to-know.

(In case it's not clear, this idea scares me greatly.)

Bruce.



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