Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-security (670 mails)

[Ken Schneider <kschneider@xxxxxxxx>]

> 
> <flame>
> You sir are an idiot.
> 
> What we are talking about here is a pretty major bug in the Linux kernel.
> Linux is now a mainstream product that is used comercially in many major organisations.
> SuSE have done the responsible thing by giving the other comercial distributions a limited window in which to bring their distros up to date.
> If YOU were a programmer/exploit developer and had found this bug yourself, you would be free to release this information to the general public first without giving the linux developers time to develop a fix. As it is, from a google search I can find no useful contribution from you regarding anything, not even help to someone else on a mailing list.
> 
> Please go back into your corner, sit down and shut up.
> 
> Feel free to speak again when you have something productive to offer
> </flame>
> 
> Not enought coffee today ...
> 
Bravo, bravo.

This guy does need to sit in a corner! I feel you took the correct route
by NOT announcing a major kernel bug to people that could exploit it
BEFORE having a fix available, including any competitors having a fix or
knowledge.

-- 
Ken Schneider
Senior UNIX Administrator
Network Administrator