Hello, Jutta writing once more – I initially launched myself after we began the bounty program earlier this yr and I’m blissful to give you an replace on what’s taking place on the safety facet prior and all through launch.
We have now had some top quality submissions by bounty hunters – kudos for the artistic exploits despatched alongside that the bugs made attainable. The variety of submissions lately rose. Therefore we determined and are asserting that we are going to proceed the bounty program no less than all through the Frontier part of Ethereum’s launch plan – see Gav’s and Vinay’s respective weblog posts.
Please go to our bounty website for extra info on the bounty program and ensure try our lead hunter’s repository here for useful testing scripts earlier than beginning the hunt.
Not solely can we depend on particular person bug hunters and the group: along with EthDev’s Gustav Simonsson, I had began the method of choosing skilled safety specialists, teachers and blockchain specialists for our exterior safety audits late final yr. Gustav is now working with auditors and the Ethereum Go dev workforce to trace all safety points tagged here and work out fixes for them. We wish to hold good monitor of all points and solely shut them as soon as totally resolved and options sufficiently examined. Each bug we discover is taken care of and might be fastened earlier than Frontier launch. Be at liberty to comply with us on github if you wish to regulate the progress.
The primary spherical of labor from safety auditors is ending in a few weeks, and bug fixing is already nicely underway. Working by all points will take the time it takes. It’s a security-driven not schedule-driven course of, in spite of everything.
