[ILUG] openssh and security release procedure...

Paul Kelly longword at esatclear.ie
Wed Jul 3 12:55:22 IST 2002


kevin lyda wrote:
> the openssh team released a more detailed explaination of the recent fun.

Has anyone come across the reason why ISS brought the release forward, 
making a mess of people's upgrade plans? I've seen only rumor and 
speculation that an exploit was out, but the explanation from the 
OpenSSH people seems to imply that there was no such exploit until after 
Full Disclosure.

Paul.






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