From owner-freebsd-security Wed Apr 18 14:44:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (drugs.dv.isc.org [130.155.191.236]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1F9637B422 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:44:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marka@nominum.com) Received: from nominum.com (localhost.dv.isc.org [127.0.0.1]) by drugs.dv.isc.org (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f3ILiCT30134; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 07:44:12 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from marka@nominum.com) Message-Id: <200104182144.f3ILiCT30134@drugs.dv.isc.org> To: Michael Bryan Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mark.Andrews@nominum.com Subject: Re: Latency of security notifications In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Apr 2001 08:47:49 MST." <3ADDB725.56C1BE83@ursine.com> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 07:44:12 +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > Mark.Andrews@nominum.com wrote: > > Michael Bryan wrote: > > > The FreeBSD security team has been notified of a problem > > > with XYZ. An official security announcement will be forthcoming > > > shortly with the recommended fixes. In the meantime, please > > > subscribe to and read the freebsd-security mailing list for the > > > latest news on this issue. > > > > This approach doesn't work. I was not on the freebsd-security > > list when the ntpd bugtraq message went out. I found it > > impossible to see the *recent* traffic on the list that I > > had missed. > > > > This is not to say that it can't be made to work. Just that > > we are not at a stage were this is the correct response. > > Does this address your concern? I see all recent list traffic here, includin > g > your message: > > http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/current/freebsd-security.html > > The "early alert" message could easily include that URL, which would help > people find any recent discussion missed before subscribing. (Or just > view via the web interface without even subscribing.) > > Mail from previous weeks can be found here: > > http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/archive/2001/freebsd-security/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message This is a case of "if you know it is there you can find it". Mark -- Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc. 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews@nominum.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message