Johnathon wrote: > ... > > And, again, this bug was ignored for 4 and a half months, till the > vulnerable release went EOL. > > Again, "Really _awesome_ security policy guys!" > Again, "I'd expect that tactic from MS Windows, not from Ubuntu." > > I know you guys are manically busy working on new features, I know back- > porting security fixes is a right PITA, slow, boring, and what you > *don't* want to be spending time on. But by not patching it, you're > letting people's data swing free in the breeze, with a documented > problem available on the net for exploitation. > > How can I make you take what's happened here seriously? Post this on my blog, > and by extension the Ubuntu UK planet? Post on the general Ubuntu mailing > lists? Post any exploits that I help confirm later on cracker forums?
One thing is for sure, sarcastic and rude remarks at the people who work their asses off to fix this stuff sure isn't a very good method to getting it fixed. Wow. What arrogance. IANAP either, probably have less experience than you in the field - but I sure now how to use a bit of elbow grease instead of spinning your wheels for everyone to hear to get things accomplished. -- LTSPFS security is broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133635 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
