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> Why should package maintainers be hearing about this any sooner than me? Because they vend updates to the vast majority of users. It's about maximizing peopl
by teacup50 13y ago
> Why should package maintainers be hearing about this any sooner than me?
Because they vend updates to the vast majority of users. It's about maximizing people's ability to get the fix quickly upon public disclosure.
> ... they needed to take action, which in this world of plentiful managed hosting, is really not typical.
What action do you think you need to take? Revoking certificates? Almost nothing checks OCSP or CRLs anyway, there's hardly a rush.
All this marketing has done is sent ill-informed people scurrying.
- eropple 13y ago> What action do you think you need to take? Waiting until Debian gets its shit in order is not sufficient for a number of friends of mine who work at places that take security very seriously. They disabled access as soon as it became public knowledge.