Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:36:31 -0700
From: Vincent Danen <vdanen@...sec.ca>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: FAQ for upstream maintainers

* [2008-02-20 08:37:31 -0500] Josh Bressers wrote:

>> We could also want to rename this web page to something containing the
>> likely search keywords - and possibly move it to a namespace, which
>> would give a keyword too, once we have a suitable one.  "whattodo" is
>> not a likely keyword (or not a closely relevant one).
>> 
>
>I just created the namespace "disclosure" and added an outline I have to
>them.  I also added a note that the things in "whattodo" should be merged
>into the namespace.
>
>For the moment it's just my outlines, I've not gotten around to filling it
>out yet.  I did this, as I think it's important we have some amount of
>organized information up, as this:
>http://linsec.ca/blog/2008/02/17/new-informal-security-organization-oss-security/
>
>Was just picked up by linuxsecurity.com

Hmmm... and here I thought no one really read my blog.

Oh well, we wanted exposure, right?  =)

>We will only get one look from a lot of people, and if they don't see
>anything of value, they will likely never look again.

True, but I think the people that we really want here will see some
value in it despite the lack of perfect organization.  The average joe
may not, but that's ok.

I'll see if I can find some time today to flush those outlines out a
bit.

-- 
Vincent Danen @ http://linsec.ca/

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