Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:56:05 -0800 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.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: <20030117155605.A4640@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200301172248.h0HMmrkC092859@intruder.bmah.org>; from bmah@FreeBSD.org on Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 02:48:53PM -0800 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> <200301172248.h0HMmrkC092859@intruder.bmah.org>
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* De: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> [ Data: 2003-01-17 ] [ Subjecte: 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_ > 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.) We just need to know that there *is* a security-related aspect to what has been committed, and that we should await further info. -- Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> AIM: BSDFlata -- IRC: juli on EFnet. OpenDarwin, Mono, FreeBSD Developer. ircd-hybrid Developer, EFnet addict. FreeBSD on MIPS-Anything on FreeBSD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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