[sldev] Security issues/Thank you/Congratulations

[Rob Lanphier]

Thanks for sending this.  I can't personally take any credit for this, 
but (of the people I know at least semi-regularly read here) folks like 
Phoenix and Soft would well deserve to take a bow.

Comments, complaints, and of course cheers and pats on the back about 
our security process are welcome here:
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Talk:Security_issues

Rob

On 6/10/08 1:20 AM, Brandon Lockaby wrote:
>
> When I first started digging into the SL protocol, it seemed like just 
> about everything I tried to do uncovered a security issue. For awhile 
> I thought we were just doomed, I mean it :D Alot of you who work with 
> the protocol surely know the sort of thing I'm talking about!
>
> But right now I'm breathing a sigh of relief because from my point of 
> view, things have been changing fast! Granted, there are still issues, 
> and I'm sure they won't dry up just yet as I see an increasing number 
> of people deciding to work with the protocol lately, but as of now I 
> can honestly say I don't know a way to crash the official viewer or 
> ruin someone's business just by using the intended client/server 
> protocols on LL's grid.
>
> So I want to thank Linden Lab for responding so well to security 
> issues, and say congratulations! As far as I'm concerned the response 
> to these issues is stellar. And I want to extend thanks to everyone 
> who makes an effort to report security issues.  I know many of these 
> people are probably nervous about talking publically about the things 
> they've seen but they deserve some recognition. Well here is a huge 
> THANK YOU to EVERYONE involved in helping improve Second Life in this 
> very important way! :D
>
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