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Lou Grinzo enscribed thusly:

> I'm currently working on a writing project that will discuss, among
> other things, the Linux kernel developers' reputation for fixing
> reported bugs very quickly.

> Trying to nail down examples is a little harder than I expected.
> I would like to cite several concrete, verifiable examples, along the
> lines of, "on Feb. 10, 1999 a security bug was found in component
> X, and a fix was coded, tested, and made available on the Internet
> within 24 hours."

Don't have dates off the top of my head but both "Ping 'O Death"
and "Teardrop" fall into that category.

> I can't go into details, but this project is high enough profile that it
> could help Linux a lot to have this information included. This also
> means that citing a false example could do more harm to Linux than
> citing no examples at all, so anything I say has to be 100% accurate.

> Pls. copy all responses to me at lgrinzo@stny.lrun.com

> Thanks in advance.


> Lou


Mike
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