Re: Disappointment in security handling in Debian

2001-02-02 Thread Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña
Daniel Jacobowitz escribi: On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:12:40PM +0100, Mathieu Dessus wrote: This is not directly related to this thread, but this post reminds me that generally the translations pages of Security Information page ( http://www.debian.org/security/ ) are generally not up to

Re: Disappointment in security handling in Debian

2001-02-02 Thread Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña
Daniel Jacobowitz escribió: On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:12:40PM +0100, Mathieu Dessus wrote: This is not directly related to this thread, but this post reminds me that generally the translations pages of Security Information page ( http://www.debian.org/security/ ) are generally not up to

Re: Disappointment in security handling in Debian

2001-02-01 Thread Mathieu Dessus
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 08:56:24AM +1100, Craig Small wrote: G'day, I'm writing this to express my frustration at the slowness Debian seems to be afflicted with when it comes to letting people know about our security vulnerabilities and fixes. We seem to

Re: Disappointment in security handling in Debian

2001-02-01 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:12:40PM +0100, Mathieu Dessus wrote: This is not directly related to this thread, but this post reminds me that generally the translations pages of Security Information page ( http://www.debian.org/security/ ) are generally not up to date. And with the automatic

Re: Disappointment in security handling in Debian

2001-02-01 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Lucien, I've proposed a secure by default configuration for new Debian installations on this list before. It drew harsh criticism from at least one person whose belief it was that those who lack the knowledge to secure their systems deserve to be rooted. Because of this attitude, and the fact

Re: Disappointment in security handling in Debian

2001-02-01 Thread A . L . Meyers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thursday 01 February 2001 07:01, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 08:56:24AM +1100, Craig Small wrote: G'day, I'm writing this to express my frustration at the slowness Debian seems to be afflicted with when it comes to letting people

Re: Disappointment in security handling in Debian

2001-02-01 Thread Mathieu Dessus
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 08:56:24AM +1100, Craig Small wrote: G'day, I'm writing this to express my frustration at the slowness Debian seems to be afflicted with when it comes to letting people know about our security vulnerabilities and fixes. We seem to

Re: Disappointment in security handling in Debian

2001-02-01 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:12:40PM +0100, Mathieu Dessus wrote: This is not directly related to this thread, but this post reminds me that generally the translations pages of Security Information page ( http://www.debian.org/security/ ) are generally not up to date. And with the automatic

Re: Disappointment in security handling in Debian

2001-02-01 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Lucien, I've proposed a secure by default configuration for new Debian installations on this list before. It drew harsh criticism from at least one person whose belief it was that those who lack the knowledge to secure their systems deserve to be rooted. Because of this attitude, and the fact

Re: Disappointment in security handling in Debian

2001-02-01 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 08:56:24AM +1100, Craig Small wrote: G'day, I'm writing this to express my frustration at the slowness Debian seems to be afflicted with when it comes to letting people know about our security vulnerabilities and fixes. We seem to be able to find, fix and upload

Disappointment in security handling in Debian

2001-01-30 Thread Craig Small
G'day, I'm writing this to express my frustration at the slowness Debian seems to be afflicted with when it comes to letting people know about our security vulnerabilities and fixes. We seem to be able to find, fix and upload fixed packages quite quickly, however we are usually the last to let