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Reporting Kernel Security Issues

Posted by timothy on from the top-men-are-working-on-it dept.

Omniscientist writes "A recent post on KernelTrap details the lkml post by Chris Wright talking about a centralized place to report security issues pertaining to the Linux Kernel and the discussion that was generated by it, including Chris's followup. It would appear that they now have created a security team to privately handle the bugs, who act as the alternative to reporting the flaw to the public immediately."

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  1. Re:Good idea? by Albinofrenchy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There is something to be said about keeping it private though. It would be ideal if they could keep it private and fix the bug quickly, just because this doesn't work for other companies doesn't mean they can't pull it off.

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  2. Re:How to install Linux for mums (?) and dads: by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    yeah, my mum is much better as swapping out hard disks than putting in CDs

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  3. Re:Working on my own DS_Linux by Homology · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Why is this a troll? It may be sarcastic, but it raises a valid argument against the parent's attitude about kernel security. It should be modded up, at least to the level of the parent, so they can be viewed together.

    You got modded down as well for asking this ;-) Often I see posts clearly moderated wrongly, and this is really just a testament of that particularly moderator cluelessness. Too bad metamoderation does not really work.