Hello, Jutta writing once more – I initially launched myself after we began the bounty program earlier this 12 months and I’m blissful to give you an replace on what’s occurring 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 not too long ago rose. Therefore we determined and are saying that we are going to proceed the bounty program not less than all through the Frontier section 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 take a look at our lead hunter’s repository here for useful testing scripts earlier than beginning the hunt.
Not solely will 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 consultants, teachers and blockchain consultants for our exterior safety audits late final 12 months. Gustav is now working with auditors and the Ethereum Go dev crew to trace all safety points tagged here and work out fixes for them. We wish to maintain good observe of all points and solely shut them as soon as absolutely resolved and options sufficiently examined. Each bug we discover is taken care of and shall be fastened earlier than Frontier launch. Be at liberty to comply with us on github if you wish to keep watch over the progress.
The primary spherical of labor from safety auditors is ending in a few weeks, and bug fixing is already effectively underway. Working by all points will take the time it takes. It’s a security-driven not schedule-driven course of, in any case.