oss-security - Re: charter

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Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:04:03 -0500
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: charter

> 
> Josh Bressers wrote:
> | I just added my current working draft charter:
> | http://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailinglists/oss-security/charter
> 
> Good work, thanks :)
> 
> What do you mean by "Please don't send working vulnerabilities"?

We don't need the heat of people posting vulnerabilities that would allow
one to actually compromise a machine.  Ideally we want testcases the
exercise the flaw, not tools that could be used for malicious purposes.

> 
> I'd append "for non-public issues, please contact vendor-sec" to "Public
> security issues only please"

Done

> 
> "Advisories are welcome"? I thought we decided that this was
> discussion-only?

What do others think?  I can see it either way, so I put it in.

-- 
    JB

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