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--- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now the way this disclosure went down does make me
> uncomfortable if it
> went down the way you say it did.  But I think
> you're making a lot of
> assumptions in this case.  And everyone can make
> mistakes.  If ISC turns
> this into a habit of how they handle things... then
> perhaps I'll switch.
> But at present I'm not so uncomfortable with it to
> make me want to
> switch.  The eyeballs effect offsets that
> discomfort.  And without a
> tested, well used piece of software to turn to other
> than djb's I don't
> have a lot of other compelling choices (I've already
> explained why I
> don't care for djb's software).
> 
> > Disappointment?  I think you put too light of a
> word on that particular  
> > situation.  If someone is merely disappointed,
> they should be asking  
> > themselves how much security and responsible
> disclosure means to them.
> 
> I'm disappointed.  Fact is you are the only person
> that I've heard
> anything from about this.  When openssh pulled their
> stunt lots of
> people were pissed at them about this.  I'll reserve
> judgement until I'm
> presented with all the facts.  Since I haven't heard
> anyone present
> ISC's statement of their position.  I think it's
> premature to judge
> their motives and methods.  Especially since your
> position is based upon
> a number of assumptions about what they did and did
> not do that you
> don't have any way of ascertaining for certain.
> 
> -- 
> Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> http://ben.reser.org
> 
> "If you're not making any mistakes, you're flat out
> not trying hard
> enough." - Jim Nichols
> 

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