full-disclosure - Re: How much time is appropriate for fixing a bug?

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Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 17:33:26 +0300
From: Georgi Guninski <guninski@...inski.com>
To: Jann Horn <jannhorn@...glemail.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: How much time is appropriate for fixing a bug?

On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 10:49:18PM +0200, Jann Horn wrote:
> After having reported a security-relevant bug about a smartphone, how long would
> you wait for the vendor to fix it? What are typical times?
> 
> I remember telling someone about a security-relevant bug in his library some time
> ago - he fixed it and published the fixed version within ten minutes. On the
> other hand, I often see mails on bugtraq or so in which the given dates show that
> the vendor took maybe a year or so to fix the issue...

when i was young i asked a similar question.

if you ask me now, the short answer is "fuck them, if you are
killing a bug the time is completely up to you." 
responsible disclosure is just a buzzword (the RFC on
it failed).

you have bugs, they don't have.

-- 
good luck

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