Re: thoughts on kernel security issues

[Dave Jones]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 10:02:29PM +0100, Marek Habersack wrote:
 > Theory is fine, practice is that the closed disclosure list changes matters
 > for a vaste minority of people - those who are to install the fixed kernels
 > are in perfectly the same situation they would be in if there was a fully
 > open disclosure list.

No, it's not the same. They're in a _worse_ situation if anything.
With open disclosure, the bad guys get even more lead time.

If admins don't install updates in a timely manner, there's
not a lot we can do about it.  For those that _do_ however,
we can make their lives a lot more stress free.

		Dave

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