security exposure reporting standard -- MIDRANGE-L

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from time to time, while discussing security exposures, we debate

how/when they should be reported. I would suggest we follow the

CERT policy, which recently changed.

--6 October 2000 CERT Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Changes
> CERT has announced that it will disclose vulnerabilities 45 days from
> the date of initial report, regardless of whether or not the vendors
> have offered fixes; certain cases may merit departure from the time-
> table. CERT says its aim is to balance the public's need to know with
> the vendor's need for time to fix problems.
> Direct link to the CERT policy:
> http://www.cert.org/faq/vuldisclosurepolicy.html

BTW - reporting means proper reporting thru Support Line or some

other official IBM channel, not to this forum!

I have not had any contact with anyone at IBM about this. Their

current policy is the proper reporting. Some within this group would

prefer to post first-let the people know. This seems a logical solution.

jim

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