Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:30:02 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: thoughts on kernel security issues |
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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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