"Daniel P. Berrange" <berra...@redhat.com> writes:

> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 02:33:58PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> writes:
>> 
>> > On 29 April 2014 11:09, Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com> wrote:
>> >> Let's just make clear how to contact us securely, when to contact that
>> >> list, and what we'll do with the info.  I cobbled together the
>> >> following:
>> >> http://wiki.qemu.org/SecurityProcess
>> >
>> > Looks generally OK I guess. I'd drop the 'how to use pgp' section --
>> > anybody who cares will already know how to send us PGP email.
>> 
>> The first paragraph under "How to Contact Us Securely" is fine, the rest
>> seems redundant for readers familiar with PGP, yet hardly sufficient for
>> the rest.
>> 
>> One thing I like about Libvirt's Security Process page[*] is they give
>> an idea on embargo duration.
>
> FWIW I picked the "2 weeks" length myself a completely arbitrary timeframe.
> We haven't stuck to that strictly - we consider needs of each vulnerability
> as it is triaged to determine the minimum practical embargo time. So think
> of "2 weeks" as more of a guiding principal to show the world that we don't
> believe in keeping issues under embargo for very long periods of time.

Pretty much the way I read it :)

The point I care about is a commitment to getting fixes out quickly,
making clear we're not going to abuse "responsible disclosure" to cover
dragging of feet and deflecting blame.

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