According to http://www.vnunet.com/News/1135469
****** Group advocates limited public disclosure of software flaws A Microsoft-backed security organisation set up almost a year ago has finally had its formal launch. Inaugurated last year at the Trusted Computing forum, the Organisation for Internet Safety (OIS) was charged with creating a set of guidelines for handling the disclosure of flaws and vulnerabilities in software. The founders, which included Microsoft, @stake, Guardent, Bindview and Foundstone, favoured a standard that limited the public disclosure of security vulnerabilities. It was announced today that Caldera/SCO, Oracle, SGI, Symantec and Network Associates have also jumped on board. ******* If true, one might hesitate before commiting one's stuff to United Linux, n'est pas? -- Ed Jabbour _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
