[FLSA-2005:2336] Updated kernel packages fix security issues

Jesse Keating jkeating at j2solutions.net
Wed Mar 2 18:29:30 UTC 2005


On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 12:47 -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> That's not quite the reason i asked, but I already am subscribed to
> both.  

Ok.

> The reason for asking is to better understand why BugTRAQ waited,
> usually they do this pending some other data/info/contact for
> verification/advanced-notification/etc.  I am (unfortunately)
> intimately
> familiar with *TRAQ processes, delays, paper-work, proceedures.

Sure.

> I guess I could be more specific:  The reason I ask this is due to the
> website being down a few weeks ago and nobody sent out anything to the
> mailinglist during the days the outage was discussed on the
> mailinglist.

I can't grok this very well... what are you saying here?

> It took user interaction, with external folks (Verio, Vidyut, etc)

What user interaction?  Vidyut is the DNS provider, Verio is the
registrar, etc?

> before anything was learned.  Was BugTRAQ waiting on anyone at FL
> prior
> to releasing the notice to the wild?

Not that I'm aware of.  I was never contacted by them.

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