Linden Lab suggests viewer security vulnerability disclosure group

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Over on the Second Life viewer development mailing list, there's a spirited discussion in progress about the suggestion of a notification list for viewer security vulnerabilities. The principle idea is that distributors of third-party viewers would get slightly earlier notification of vulnerabilities and exploits in the viewer code so that they could have secured versions of their Second Life viewers available to the general public at approximately the same time as secured versions of the first-party viewer become available.

Linden Lab has invited debate on what sorts of people it would be reasonable to disclose the information to (for example, perhaps only those who had signed a non-disclosure agreement). The topic has, naturally enough, brought out considerable debate as to whether such a group is necessary or even desirable.

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Linden Lab suggests viewer security vulnerability disclosure group originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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