Re: Proper procedure for reporting possible security vulnerabilities?

From: Chris Wright
Date: Mon Jan 17 2005 - 18:11:51 EST


* Werner Almesberger (wa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Chris Wright wrote:
> > +SECURITY CONTACT
> > +P: Security Officers
> > +M: kernel-security@{osdl.org, vger.kernel.org, wherever}
> > +S: Supported
>
> If you mean this in the sense of "choose one, then put it here",
> this looks good. If you're suggesting multiple choices, to be
> made by the bug reporter, I'm not so sure.

Yeah, "choose one, then put it here." I've set up
security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> A single contact point, preferably with a human being that can
> confirm that the message has been received and understood, and
> indicate that there's now somebody taking care of it who knows
> what to do (which may just be forwarding it to someone else or
> some list, and monitoring the reaction), should be useful.

Agreed.

thanks,
-chris
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