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Add minor addendum on private reporting
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david-a-wheeler authored Aug 23, 2023
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3. If the project has or implements a website, a common recommendation is to add a **security.txt** file on the website at **/security.txt** or **/.well-known/security.txt**. To learn more, visit [securitytxt.org](https://securitytxt.org/).

4. GitHub provides a new type of issue tracking that projects can enable for [privately reporting a security vulnerability](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/security-advisories/guidance-on-reporting-and-writing/privately-reporting-a-security-vulnerability).
4. GitHub provides a new type of issue tracking that projects can enable for [privately reporting a security vulnerability](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/security-advisories/guidance-on-reporting-and-writing/privately-reporting-a-security-vulnerability). Other source code management platforms have similar capabilities. When used, typically the **SECURITY.md** file will tell reporters to use it.

One challenge is that attackers are also very interested in getting vulnerability reports, because they want to exploit those vulnerabilities until everyone installs its fixes or mitigations. So, it is usually important to have some mechanism for reporting vulnerabilities that prevents attackers from also getting this information before a patch is distributed. This can sometimes be hard to do:

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