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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:37:27 -0000 (UTC)
From: Tavis Ormandy <taviso@...il.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise
On 2024-03-30, Marc Deslauriers wrote:
> That is the problem, having more eyes on a 0-day also means more eyes from
> malicious entities. Neither having an embargo nor immediately posting publicly
> are ideal solutions. There needs to be a compromise, and while I understand and
> respect your point of view, I don't think we'll ever see eye-to-eye on what the
> acceptable compromise should be.
>
Yeah, but your acceptable compromise *must* include Canonical having
advance knowledge of backdoors, correct?
There are a lot of other users and organizations out there, and I think
most of them also like having some agency, I know I do. If our roles
were reversed -- my organization was on distros and yours was not -- do
you think you would still be arguing for embargoes on backdoors?
Tavis.
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