From caaaf686f5d29671af48feeb89830661d74320fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Tatham Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 20:18:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Mention the Secure Contact Key on the Feedback page. Both in a new section about reporting vulnerabilities, and in the section about large attachments (since some large attachments will surely contain confidential information from the sender). --- doc/feedback.but | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/feedback.but b/doc/feedback.but index d81d1fee..e0854fc5 100644 --- a/doc/feedback.but +++ b/doc/feedback.but @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ the URL; that way, we don't have to download it unless we decide we actually need it, and only one of us needs to download it instead of it being automatically copied to all the developers. +(If the file contains confidential information, then you could encrypt +it with our Secure Contact Key; see \k{pgpkeys-pubkey} for details.) + Some people like to send mail in MS Word format. Please \e{don't} send us bug reports, or any other mail, as a Word document. Word documents are roughly fifty times larger than writing the same @@ -201,6 +204,20 @@ will explain what you need to know. \e{Then}, if you think the documentation could usefully have told you that, send us a bug report and explain how you think we should change it. +\H{feedback-vulns} Reporting security vulnerabilities + +If you've found a security vulnerability in PuTTY, you might well want +to notify us using an encrypted communications channel, to avoid +disclosing information about the vulnerability before a fixed release +is available. + +For this purpose, we provide a GPG key suitable for encryption: the +Secure Contact Key. See \k{pgpkeys-pubkey} for details of this. + +(Of course, vulnerabilities are also bugs, so please do include as +much information as possible about them, the same way you would with +any other bug report.) + \H{feedback-features} Requesting extra features If you want to request a new feature in PuTTY, the very first things -- 2.45.2