Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 15:48:10 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Matt Heckaman <matt@LUCIDA.CA>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, FreeBSD-ADVOCACY <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:INSERT_NUMBER_HERE Message-ID: <3A85C52A.1F398101@softweyr.com> References: <000801c093ad$bbf82140$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matt Heckaman
> > Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 1:13 PM
> >
> > This is the whole point! The REASON we've been seeing tons of port
> > advisories is because they are being audited. The security team should be
> > thanked for that. Otherwise these bugs would probably be unknown!
> >
>
> Say rather than unknown, unpublished. If nobody knew about them they
> wouldn't be security holes now would they?
No, but they'd still be bugs.
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