> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 4:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Heads Up: APAR IO11698 - New SAF FACILITY class definition > required for any SMP/E use > > In > <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAIH+nruO4exAufAxNTnNpHSCxBIAEAAAAPhwMYPgBwtIkHr > [email protected]>, > on 04/06/2010 > at 10:21 PM, Don Williams <[email protected]> said: > > >The possibility of disclosure may make some people reluctant. > > > I'd see that as a serious minus.
I agree, they should report problem; but the consensus seems to be that some people may not report them. > > >It is unlikely that an integrity hole is so obscure, that only one > >person will discover it. > > I'd like for the first person to discover it to report it. So would I. > > >If good guys find it first, then the hole has a chance to be closed > >before the bad guys can capitalize on it. > > Not if the good guys are unwilling to report it. Hmm. If they are unwilling to report it, should we consider them one of the good guys? > > >unless there is a new law that requires that all integrity fixes be > >applied, > > Or unless the old legal doctrine of due diligence effectively compels > it. > Yes, if due diligence happened more often, the world would be a better place. > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> > We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. > (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
