Hi Henning,

> So my question is - would it be reasonable to send an early warning
> (without any details) to one of the OpenSSL lists a few days before
> publishing a version containing fixes for security vulnerabilities?
> Just saying something along the lines of "we plan to release a new
> openssl version containing security fixes in about 2 days". Something
> like this would help people to already be alarmed and start preparing
> resources (if they like to). I think this would help decreasing the time
> from the actual disclosure at openssl to fixed version of the respective
> project.
This is already done, see [1]. You could also subscribe to announce, if
you missed it.

Best Regards,
Steef

[1] <http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=140706092626158&w=2>

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