Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 12:29:54 -0600 From: Jacques Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: Jonathan Weiss <tomonage2@gmx.de> Cc: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD hiding security stuff Message-ID: <4228A922.8090003@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <BE4E5A30.1A4F2%tomonage2@gmx.de> References: <BE4E5A30.1A4F2%tomonage2@gmx.de>
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On 3/4/05 11:32 AM, Jonathan Weiss wrote: > I've mailed with Theo and his main problem is that they (as the OpenBSD > developers) did not get enough details even after one week. Theo has no > detailed information yet and if this problem affects SMP on i386 he needs > the eyes of 8 of his developers. > Maybe informing them as a group with more information would have been > better, but I cannot really know or say. > Maybe (and hopefully) you two can work this issue out because a good > coorperation and relationship between FreeBSD and OpenBSD benefits all. There's nothing to see here. It was a simple miscommunication that has been fixed. The BSDs (as well as Linux distributions and commercial vendors) routinely share information through various channels, and will continue to do so. Despite occasional flareups, I do not believe there is any permanent animosity between the folks on these various security teams. Cheers, -- Jacques A Vidrine / NTT/Verio nectar@celabo.org / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org
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