Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications (was Re: communication structures crumbled)

2003-11-29 Thread Martin Schulze
Karsten M. Self wrote: > > It had to be re-installed. You probably know that since you've read > > the announcement we were able to send out before the machine was taken > > down for reinstallation. > > That announcement wasn't delivered for all users until _after_ murphy > was resurrected. I my

Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications (was Re: communication structures crumbled)

2003-11-29 Thread Martin Schulze
Karsten M. Self wrote: > > It had to be re-installed. You probably know that since you've read > > the announcement we were able to send out before the machine was taken > > down for reinstallation. > > That announcement wasn't delivered for all users until _after_ murphy > was resurrected. I my

Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications (was Re: communication structures crumbled)

2003-11-28 Thread Ross Boylan
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 04:14:19AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > I'll disagree with Martin's comment that the server compromise didn't > constitute a security issue despite the lack of an archive compromise. > For someone well versed in Debian procedures, it might have been > plausible that the a

Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications (was Re: communication structures crumbled)

2003-11-28 Thread Ross Boylan
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 04:14:19AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > I'll disagree with Martin's comment that the server compromise didn't > constitute a security issue despite the lack of an archive compromise. > For someone well versed in Debian procedures, it might have been > plausible that the a

Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications (was Re: communication structures crumbled)

2003-11-28 Thread Dale Amon
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 01:52:14PM +0100, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > I learnt on /. that it had been a password compromise, so that meant, it > was in the generic class of problems. We're always vulnerable towards > that. But, we're all likely to be vulnerable to the local exploit used > to gain r

Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications (was Re: communication structures crumbled)

2003-11-28 Thread Dale Amon
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 01:52:14PM +0100, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > I learnt on /. that it had been a password compromise, so that meant, it > was in the generic class of problems. We're always vulnerable towards > that. But, we're all likely to be vulnerable to the local exploit used > to gain r

Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications (was Re: communication structures crumbled)

2003-11-28 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On Friday 28 November 2003 13:14, Karsten M. Self wrote: >That announcement wasn't delivered for all users until _after_ murphy >was resurrected. I myself got the debian-security-announce message >mailed Nov 21 on 25 Nov 2003 15:16:56 -0800. Hm, I got that late too, but the (unsigned) announceme

Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications (was Re: communication structures crumbled)

2003-11-28 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 09:30:05AM +0100, Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Dan Jacobson wrote: > > To us debian users, the most notable thing during this break in or > > whatever episode, is how the communication structures crumbled. > > It had to be re-installed. You probably know th

Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications (was Re: communication structures crumbled)

2003-11-28 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On Friday 28 November 2003 13:14, Karsten M. Self wrote: >That announcement wasn't delivered for all users until _after_ murphy >was resurrected. I myself got the debian-security-announce message >mailed Nov 21 on 25 Nov 2003 15:16:56 -0800. Hm, I got that late too, but the (unsigned) announceme

Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications (was Re: communication structures crumbled)

2003-11-28 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 09:30:05AM +0100, Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Dan Jacobson wrote: > > To us debian users, the most notable thing during this break in or > > whatever episode, is how the communication structures crumbled. > > It had to be re-installed. You probably know tha