non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?

[Nifty Fedora Mitch]

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 02:11:31AM +0930, Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 16:08 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > There was an intrusion, and it affected the server which signs
> > packages, hence the warning to hold off until tests had been done.
> 
> They really should have said something more like that, first off.  Sure,
> they didn't want to play their hand, but the hacker would have known
> they'd been rumbled by the first announcement.
> 

Yes the specific hacker would have but how that hacker 
hacked their way in would not have been obvious to RH and
perhaps the hacker community.

I am very pleased with the way RH acted and how
quickly they slammed the door shut.



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