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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Security Update Process</H1>
<B>Jérôme (saispo) Soyer</B>
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<I>Wed May 18 22:38:23 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Stew Benedict <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">stewbintn at gmail.com</A>> wrote:
><i> OK,
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Mageia 1 is approaching quickly and we need to get our process in place
</I>><i> for security updates. We talked a bit about it a few weeks ago, and I
</I>><i> started a wiki page, but it needs more detail. Anne and I chatted on IRC
</I>><i> and it looks like we'll want to cutoff the "on the iso " updates at the
</I>><i> end of this week, so we need a process in place to release post-iso updates.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> ref: <A HREF="http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=security">http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=security</A>
</I>><i>
</I>><i> As I see it, initially we need, in no particular order:
</I>><i>
</I>><i> 1) a means to build updates for the release (iurt setup for mga1?)
</I>><i> 2) a means to publish updates (mail list, web page)
</I>><i> 3) a means to manage/track the updates (bugzilla?)
</I>><i> 4) work out/publish the process so we all know how it works
</I>><i>
</I>><i> And then of course we need people to be aware of vulnerabilities as they
</I>><i> are exposed. For now, we'll have be be slightly trailing until we can
</I>><i> show a history of releasing updates and hopefully gain access to the
</I>><i> closed list to get access to embargoed issues. Once that happens we will
</I>><i> possibly need additional infrastructure changes to keep the work
</I>><i> non-public before the embargo date.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> osvdb has a nice email aggregator that sends all the distro update
</I>><i> announcements, and the oss-security list has many of the CVE requests.
</I>><i> Unfortunately, my personal time hasn't allowed much more than a quick
</I>><i> read as they go by :/ I know many of you have been doing security
</I>><i> related bug reports and updates, which is great, thank-you. If anyone
</I>><i> wants to take a larger role in managing the process I'm more than happy
</I>><i> to let that happen. While I have experience, the time I'm able to commit
</I>><i> is less than helpful.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Comments, volunteers?
</I>><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i> --
</I>><i> Stew Benedict
</I>><i> New Tazewell, TN
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</I>
Ok for me to integrate the team, reporting CVE, fixing them quickly as
i can, and enhancing security in the distro :)
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