full-disclosure - Is Mozilla's "patch" enough?

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Message-ID: <8beca82040712115827006726@mail.gmail.com>
From: avivra at gmail.com (Aviv Raff)
Subject: Is Mozilla's "patch" enough?

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 20:34:44 +0200, Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de> wrote:
> * Aviv Raff:
> 
> > Security patches shouldn't be overridden unless intended too (i.e
> > uninstalled).
> 
> This is not standard industry practice.  Especially if a patch might
> break previously working configuration, I completely agree that it's
> correct.

That's why there should be a way to uninstall the patch, as I wrote.

> For most people, having a working system is more important than having
> a secure system.

I agree.