netdev - Re: [RFC] Any value in having a netdev FAQ?

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Date:	Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:32:19 +0200
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Any value in having a netdev FAQ?

Thanks for the great FAQ!

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:59:54PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Q: I found a bug that might have possible security implications or similar.
>    Should I mail the main netdev maintainer off-list?
> 
> A: No. The current netdev maintainer has consistently requested that people
>    use the mailing lists and not reach out directly.  If you aren't OK with
>    that, then perhaps consider using "security@...nel.org" instead.

I don't have a strong opinion on that, just a proposal (and I certainly don't
want to start another discussion about that):

Maybe we could give a hint about the linux-distros mailing list here, too?
<http://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailing-lists/distros>

Thanks,

  Hannes

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