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Date:      Fri, 04 Mar 2005 07:36:16 -0800
From:      Peter Kieser <pfak@telus.net>
To:        Jonathan Weiss <tomonage2@gmx.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FW:FreeBSD hiding security stuff
Message-ID:  <42288070.8030507@telus.net>
In-Reply-To: <BE4E0FDD.1A486%tomonage2@gmx.de>
References:  <BE4E0FDD.1A486%tomonage2@gmx.de>

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It's Theo, he's a drama queen. Probably best not to feed the troll.

--Peter

Jonathan Weiss wrote:

>Whats the intention behind the FreeBSD developers policy?
>
>
>------ Weitergeleitete Nachricht
>Von: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>
>Datum: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 03:51:42 -0700
>An: <misc@openbsd.org>
>Betreff: FreeBSD hiding security stuff
>
>A few FreeBSD developers apparently have found some security issue
>of some sort affecting i386 operating systems in some cases.
>
>They have refused to give us real details.
>
>A promise is now being made.
>
>If a bug is found in OpenSSH, which we believe to have security
>consequences, we wil inform FreeBSD last.
>
>Fair is fair.
>
>I really wish it was not this way, but after a week of trying to get the
>policy to be fixed, we are changing our policy as well.
>
>Without immediate action from them to repair their polcy, and a public
>apology for this, that policy will stand.
>
>
>------ Ende der weitergeleiteten Nachricht
>  
>



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