[Typo3] t3-SECURITY???

Karsten Dambekalns karsten at typo3.org
Sat Feb 12 18:50:05 CET 2005


Hi.

Juergen Egeling wrote:

> * Robert Lemke <robert at typo3.org> [050208 15:29]:
>> yes. That's why it already exists ;-) But for obvious reasons it is a
>> non-public list.
> 
> Security by obscurity never was a good idea. This is the only thing
> I do *not* understand with this issue.

It's about being able to discuss solutions for a (potential) problem
*before* everyone can read about it and try the latest exploit.

All projects I know of ask for a grace period before publicly releasing
security issues for that reason.

It's not about obscurity, it's about keeping at least a small advantage of
being ahead in time...

Karsten




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