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Posted Dec 15, 2010 23:25 UTC (Wed) by daney (subscriber, #24551)
In reply to: Bad, bad, bad... by proski
Parent article: OpenBSD IPSEC backdoored?

He did state his justification for publishing it. So perhaps a better question is not whether you think it is 'Bad, bad, bad...', but what you think about his stated justification.


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Posted Dec 16, 2010 4:17 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link]

At least Theo should have asked for permission. He should have stated his intentions privately. His correspondent should have been given a chance to object and to give his arguments against the publication. I see no evidence that Theo has done it.

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Posted Dec 16, 2010 8:46 UTC (Thu) by renox (subscriber, #23785) [Link]

Bah, even if the correspondent had refused, Theo would still have published the email: he explains why in his email and his reasons are valid IMHO.

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Posted Dec 17, 2010 10:42 UTC (Fri) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]

> Bah, even if the correspondent had refused, Theo would still have published the email

This would still have been more polite.

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