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+Security Process
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+
+If you find a vulnerability in our software, please send the email to
+"tatsuhiro.t at gmail dot com" about its details instead of submitting
+issues on github issue page.  It is a standard practice not to
+disclose vulnerability information publicly until a fixed version is
+released, or mitigation is worked out.  In the future, we may setup a
+dedicated mail address for this purpose.
+
+If we identify that the reported issue is really a vulnerability, we
+open a new security advisory draft using `GitHub security feature
+<https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/security>`_ and discuss the
+mitigation and bug fixes there.  The fixes are committed to the
+private repository.
+
+We write the security advisory and get CVE number from GitHub
+privately.  We also discuss the disclosure date to the public.
+
+We make a new release with the fix at the same time when the
+vulnerability is disclosed to public.
+
+At least 7 days before the public disclosure date, we will post
+security advisory (which includes all the details of the vulnerability
+and the possible mitigation strategies) and the patches to fix the
+issue to `distros@openwall
+<https://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailing-lists/distros>`_
+mailing list.  We also open a new issue on `nghttp2 issue tracker
+<https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/issues>`_ which notifies that the
+upcoming release will have a security fix.  The ``SECURITY`` label is
+attached to this kind of issue.
+
+Before few hours of new release, we merge the fixes to the master
+branch (and/or a release branch if necessary) and make a new release.
+Security advisory is disclosed on GitHub.  We also post the
+vulnerability information to `oss-security
+<https://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailing-lists/oss-security>`_
+mailing list.