linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/security-bugs: Explain why plain text is preferred

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Date:   Fri, 10 Jul 2020 08:49:58 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, security@...nel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/security-bugs: Explain why plain text is
 preferred

On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 11:11:30AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> The security contact list gets regular reports contained in archive
> attachments. This tends to add some back-and-forth delay in dealing with
> security reports since we have to ask for plain text, etc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Thanks for this, that will hopefully keep us from having to say the same
thing over and over :)

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>