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From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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Subject: Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug
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On Monday 14 September 2009 23:46:42 David Kelly wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:13:54PM -0400, illoai@gmail.com wrote:
> > Am 2009/9/14 Dan Goodin <dgoodin@sitpub.com> writhed:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register.
> > > Security researcher Przemyslaw Frasunek says versions 6.x through 6.4
> > > of FreeBSD has a security bug. He says he notified the FreeBSD
> > > Foundation on August 29 and never got a response. We'll be writing a
> > > brief article about this. Please let me know ASAP if someone cares to
> > > comment.
> >
> > Has anyone submitted a PR about this?
> 
> Przemyslaw Frasunek has PR's posted but none recent. IMO if a PR is not
> submitted then one has *not* informed the Powers That Be.

Wrong. Security bugs should be reported to the security team, not PR'd.
-- 
Mel