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Torvalds on the Linux Security Process

darthcamaro writes "Linus Torvalds thinks that Linux kernel security disclsoure should be completely open and he really doesn't like the vendor-security model of having a time embargo on security disclosure. 'I think kernel bugs should be fixed as soon as humanly possible, and any delay is basically just about making excuses,' Torvalds wrote. 'And that means that as many people as possible should know about the problem as early as possible, because any closed list (or even just anybody sending a message to me personally) just increases the risk of the thing getting lost and delayed for the wrong reasons.'"

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  1. Re:Lions and Tigers and Hackers oh my by fwitness · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Cheezit! We're boned! - famous 31st Century bending unit"

    Flexo?

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