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Message-id: <20070510161953.GO1915@linsec.ca>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 10:19:53 -0600
From: Vincent Danen <vdanen@...driva.com>
To: Jeroen Massar <jeroen@...ix.org>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: [ MDKSA-2007:101 ] - Updated bind
 packages	fix vulnerability

* Jeroen Massar <jeroen@...ix.org> [2007-05-10 01:54:20 +0100]:

>Jeroen Massar wrote:
>> security@...driva.com wrote:
>>>  _______________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>>  Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDKSA-2007:101
>>>  http://www.mandriva.com/security/
>>>  _______________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>>  Package : vim
>>>  Date    : May 9, 2007
>>>  Affected: 2007.0, 2007.1
>> 
>> But the subject line reads:
>> 
>> [ MDKSA-2007:101 ] - Updated bind packages fix vulnerability
>> 
>> So is this a spoof or is this a spoof?
>> Or did somebody make a booboo at Mandriva. The PGP key seems to at least
>> check out for the fact that the signature on the part of the message
>> that is signed is correct. As the PGP key is not in the strong set it
>> can't be really trusted of course.

This was a booboo.  The advisory contents are correct, just the subject
line was incorrect.

>Also setting a Reply-To: to a broken xsecurity@...driva.com absolutely
>doesn't make any sense (unless you want to partially overcome the
>problem of vacation messages getting bounced back, but hey those people
>will nicely ignore your Reply-To anyway....)

Over 60% of the out-of-office or undeliverable messages have been
eliminated by doing this.  It's not 100% effective, but I'll take a 60%
reduction anyday.

-- 
Vincent Danen @ http://linsec.ca/

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