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SF new column announcement: How not to respond to a security advisory


From: Kelly Martin <kel () securityfocus com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:44:28 -0500

The following Unix column was published on SecurityFocus today:

How not to respond to a security advisory
by Jason Miller
2006-01-18

A recently announced weakness in the BSD securelevel system isn't going
to be fixed in OpenBSD. While securelevel may have problems, the
vendor's security response is unacceptable and doesn't fit with their
stated goals.

http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/380


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