Re: Who should security issues be reported to?

From: Fredrik Lundh (fredrik_at_pythonware.com)
Date: 01/28/05 

To: python-list@python.org
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:29:34 +0100

Duncan Booth wrote:

> I think its a bit borderline whether this really was a security bug in
> Python rather than just a problem with the way some people used Python. It
> was a standard library which if used in the wrong way opens a security hole
> on your machine

for SmartCookie, that should be "if used, opens a security hole"

</F>

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