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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
To: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>, Steve Bergman <steve@rueb.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Proper procedure for reporting possible security vulnerabilities?
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:23:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pt0aomxx.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0501111758290.3368@dragon.hygekrogen.localhost> (Jesper Juhl's message of "Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:05:05 +0100 (CET)")

* Jesper Juhl:

> Problem is that the info can then get stuck at a vendor or maintainer 
> outside of public view and risk being mothballed.

The submitter can go public anyway.  Most coordinators do not require
signing NDAs for submitters (some require them from software authors,
though).

A designated security contact would give submitters a choice: either
go public directly, or try something else first.  And believe, some
vulnerabilities really need a tested fix which is published at the
time of disclosure (death by single packet, for example). 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-01-12 12:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-10 16:46 Proper procedure for reporting possible security vulnerabilities? Steve Bergman
2005-01-10 18:23 ` Indrek Kruusa
2005-01-10 19:24 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-11  9:32   ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-10 21:31 ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-10 21:42   ` Steve Bergman
2005-01-10 22:08     ` Diego Calleja
2005-01-11  0:19       ` Barry K. Nathan
2005-01-11  0:45         ` Diego Calleja
2005-01-11  9:35         ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-11 16:57         ` Jesper Juhl
2005-01-11 17:05           ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-01-10 22:09     ` linux-os
2005-01-11  0:44       ` Barry K. Nathan
2005-01-10 22:11     ` Jesper Juhl
2005-01-11  0:40       ` Chris Wright
2005-01-11  1:09         ` Diego Calleja
2005-01-11  1:18           ` Chris Wright
2005-01-11 17:05         ` Jesper Juhl
2005-01-11 16:39           ` Alan Cox
2005-01-11 21:25             ` Jesper Juhl
2005-01-11 21:29               ` Chris Wright
2005-01-12 21:05                 ` Jesper Juhl
2005-01-17 22:49                 ` Werner Almesberger
2005-01-17 22:52                   ` Chris Wright
2005-01-17 23:23                     ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-17 23:26                       ` Chris Wright
2005-01-17 23:57                         ` Alan Cox
2005-01-18  1:08                           ` Chris Wright
2005-01-11 17:57           ` Chris Wright
2005-01-12 12:23           ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2005-01-11  9:49       ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-11 16:10     ` Alan Cox
2005-01-12 12:33       ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-13 15:36         ` Alan Cox
     [not found] <200501101959.j0AJxUvl032294@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl>
2005-01-10 21:36 ` Indrek Kruusa

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