Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:18:26 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>, dgoodin@theregister.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20090915071826.a273c4fa.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200909150122.43566.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <4AAE95B2.5050409@sitpub.com> <d7195cff0909141413g3f835bbeq4dc4d7b23872e043@mail.gmail.com> <20090914214642.GA12828@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <200909150122.43566.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: > > 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. It's typical for security issues to be kept hushed until a fix is ready. As a result, there are usually no PRs, and in the case where the person who discovered the problem is amenable, there is no public discussion at all until a fix is available. Apparently, Mr. Frasunek started out down that path, which is admirable. It seems as if he doesn't have much patience, however, since he thinks that only 2 weeks is enough time to fix a security problem and QA the fix. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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