Mozilla's 'Code of Silence' Isn't

Mozilla's 'Code of Silence' Isn't
Jon Lasser, 2002-10-09

Developers are accused of not publicizing the browser's security vulnerabilities enough. But do we really need world wide alerts for every bug?

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Cool a unix/lenix guy preaching the same stuff as M$crud 2002-10-09
Twinker (3 replies)

Cool a unix/lenix guy preaching the same stuff as M$crud 2002-10-09
Rob John <rdrj@mindspring.com> (2 replies)

Cool a unix/lenix guy preaching the same stuff as M$crud 2002-10-10
JTM

My point was.... 2002-10-10
Twinker (1 replies)

Jon's proposel is the same as M$'s and neither one is correct. M$ wants you to only tell them about the problem, and they will share it with you when/if it is important. Jon is proposing Unix/Linux do the same thing. Im against any company for ANY reason hiding their security flaws. They dont want the bad publicity, so the bug is not critical?

I would rather spend my time looking to see if the bug will affect my network, than repairing it.. cause the MINOR bug, was not worth the vendors loss of reputation.

It is part of the job. If people dont want to do the work, perhaps they should find a job that does not require it.

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Nothing's hidden 2002-10-15
Anonymous (1 replies)

Nothing's hidden 2002-10-15
Karl

Cool a unix/lenix guy preaching the same stuff as M$crud 2002-10-15
Jason

Cool a unix/lenix guy preaching the same stuff as M$crud 2002-10-16
DaveHowe

Mozilla's 'Code of Silence' Isn't 2002-10-09
Chad Loder

Mozilla's 'Code of Silence' Isn't 2002-10-10
Jon Lasser (2 replies)

Mozilla's 'Code of Silence' Isn't 2002-10-11
Sam

Mozilla's 'Code of Silence' Isn't 2002-10-16
Serge Wroclawski

Mozilla's 'Code of Silence' Isn't 2002-10-10
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Mozilla's 'Code of Silence' Isn't 2002-10-10
Twinker (2 replies)

Mozilla's 'Code of Silence' Isn't 2002-10-11
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Mozilla's 'Code of Silence' Isn't 2002-10-11
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