You are not authorised to read this bug?

Russell Strong russell at strong.id.au
Sun Oct 8 09:24:59 UTC 2006


Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Russell Strong wrote:
>> I'm not authorised to see this bug?
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169609
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> Is my system at risk?
>>
>> Is this security through obscurity?
>>
>> Since when did some fedora users become more equal than others?
>
> This particular security related RFE is not Fedora specific even 
> though it is marked as a Fedora release target. Many RHEL related 
> RFE's and bug reports cannot be disclosed to everyone for business 
> reasons when it appears through partners, things under NDA etc. Red 
> Hat bugzilla is used by both Fedora and RHEL and the original request 
> might have come through RHEL channels but marked as a particular 
> Fedora release target and in such occasions wouldnt always be 
> accessible to everyone.
>
> Sometimes Fedora has to work with other vendors through a policy of 
> responsible disclosure and during that time period, related bug 
> reports might have restricted access based on reporter's choice.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security
>
> Rahul
>

Thanks for the answer.

Russell




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