On Wednesday 23 of April 2008, dann frazier wrote: > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 04:45:53PM -0600, Michael Loftis wrote: > > --On April 22, 2008 11:21:25 PM +0200 Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > >> I guess the number of systems with amd64 and a 3ware 7xxx/8xxxx PATA > >> controllers is pretty small, otherwise this bug would have been noticed > >> earlier. So the sky is not falling. > >> > >> Technically, this is not a security bug. > > > > It definitely affects non-64bit systems too, contrary to 3Ware's claims. > > We had corruption on a 32bit system, which is what prompted us to start > > figuring it out. > > > > And I agree, technically it isn't, but security is one of the few ways to > > get updates into the distribution that are NMU. > > But that doesn't make them security issues. Don't get me wrong, I'd be > all for a more fluid update process for non-security/critical issues, > but it doesn't exist at the moment. The security team controls what > goes out as a security update, and we're not going to get the security > team to release a security update for a non-security issue. > > -- > dann frazier
Hello, This bight be a little off-topic, but I'd like to know if there is a definition of what is a "security issue" ? Once I learned that security consists of confidentiality, integrity and availability. And data corruption destroys integrity and availability. -- Vladislav Kurz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
