> [email protected] - private list for reporting severe
> vulnerabilities in OpenSSL or LibreSSL to the core LibreSSL team.


Why is the list private?

It doesn't combine with full disclosure principle that OpenBSD has listed on 
Security webpage:

> Full Disclosure
>
> Like many readers of the BUGTRAQ mailing list, we believe in full disclosure 
> of security problems.
> In the operating system arena, we were probably the first to embrace the 
> concept. Many vendors,
> even of free software, still try to hide issues from their users.
>
> Security information moves very fast in cracker circles. On the other hand, 
> our experience is
> that coding and releasing of proper security fixes typically requires about 
> an hour of work -- very
> fast fix turnaround is possible. Thus we think that full disclosure helps the 
> people who really
> care about security.

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