Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262091AbVAOEUT (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:20:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262098AbVAOEUS (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:20:18 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:32676 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262091AbVAOEUF (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:20:05 -0500 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:19:42 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Alan Cox cc: "Theodore Ts'o" , Dave Jones , Marek Habersack , Marcelo Tosatti , Greg KH , Chris Wright , akpm@osdl.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: thoughts on kernel security issues In-Reply-To: <1105748623.9838.95.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: References: <20050112174203.GA691@logos.cnet> <1105627541.4624.24.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050113194246.GC24970@beowulf.thanes.org> <20050113200308.GC3555@redhat.com> <1105644461.4644.102.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050114183415.GA17481@thunk.org> <20050114221343.GA18140@thunk.org> <1105748623.9838.95.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 610 Lines: 17 On Sat, 15 Jan 2005, Alan Cox wrote: > > vendor-sec has a lot of people on it who don't like long non-disclosure > periods and get quite annoyed when they happen out of our control (eg > CERT originated notifications). Hey, fair enough. I tend to see the problem cases, which may be why I absolutely detest it. Statistical self-selection and all that. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/