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Keep Security Censorship Away From Linux
Jon Lasser, 2001-11-07

Opponents of vulnerability disclosure may have a surprise ally in Linux's second-in-command

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Keep Security Censorship Away From Linux 2001-11-07
Corey Snow (corey@snowpoint.com)
Keep Security Censorship Away From Linux 2001-11-07
igaware@lineone.net
DMCA No, Patriot Act Maybe 2001-11-10
trowe
Stupid americans and their stupid laws 2001-11-11
Anonymous (1 replies)
Hmmm... 2001-11-11
Anonymous
Good Job Alan. Sucked in USA! 2001-11-11
Anonymous
So what? 2001-11-12
Anonymous
Our return to BBS? 2001-11-12
Anonymous
Utter BS 2001-11-13
gnaw
Keep Security Censorship Away From Linux 2001-11-17
Anonymous
If Alan chooses to release less information regarding the security holes and patches made to the Kernel it really is no huge deal. Is the kernel itself is opensource? No?

Hence it could be evaluated against the previous version of the Kernel, thus displaying any and all code changes made. These new facts could then be freely distributed throughout the Linux community.

So infact by reducing the information relating to the changes and patches to the kernel, Alan is infact telling us to "dig deeper and find out for yourself". Ok. so this may help make it somewhat more difficult to find the details of a patch, but it will not stop it.

Nice try though.



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It is just the beginning.... 2001-11-22
Francisco Figueiredo (1 replies)
It is just the beginning.... 2001-11-23
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