Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 22:02:44 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Jan Koum <jkb@ethereal.net>, security@FreeBSD.ORG, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Displacement of Blame[tm] Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20000713215913.04b6b510@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000713234733.78016B-100000@fledge.watson.o rg> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000713191253.04ba03e0@localhost>
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At 09:52 PM 7/13/2000, Robert Watson wrote: >When the figures came out, a number of members of the FreeBSD development >team contacted the folks at Security Focus and met with a very positive >and understanding response. That's great! But what happens when a mainstream publication does its own survey and gets it wrong? The correction, in 8 point type on a page mostly covered with masthead information, will hardly be noticed. Revising the subject line is easy, and I think it's worth doing. I can't believe that anyone would make a fuss about it. >One aspect of security education for our users needs to be learning to >distinguish "lots of advisories" with "lots of holes". I agree! Unfortunately, Red Hat has both, and has established the impression, among many, that they correlate. I think we should keep up the advisories but make it unmistakable even to the casual reader where the hole is. Agreed? --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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