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Re: [Xen-devel] Security policy ambiguities - XSA-108 process post-mortem


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  • From: James Bulpin <James.Bulpin@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:27:58 +0000
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  • Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Security policy ambiguities - XSA-108 process post-mortem

Bastian Blank writes ("Security policy ambiguities - XSA-108 process 
post-mortem"):
> [snip]
> >   List members who are service providers may deploy fixed versions
> >   during the embargo, PROVIDED THAT any action taken by the service
> >   provider gives no indication (to their users or anyone else) as to
> >   the nature of the vulnerability.
> 
> Why this constraint to "who are service providers"?

+1

We already have a definition of eligibility for membership of the
pre-disclosure list and therefore I don't think it is necessary or
desirable to further constrain specific privileges to subsets of the
list members.

Cheers,
James

-- 
James Bulpin
Sr. Director, Technology, XenServer/Networking, Cloud & Service Provider Group
Citrix Systems Inc.


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