Torvalds bashes vendor-sec private Linux security list

[ Thanks to smk for this link. ]

""I think kernel bugs should be fixed as soon as humanly possible, and any delay is basically just about making excuses," Torvalds said in 2005. "And that means that as many people as possible should know about the problem as early as possible, because any closed list (or even just anybody sending a message to me personally) just increases the risk of the thing getting lost and delayed for the wrong reasons.""

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