Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:52:27 +0200 From: n j <nino80@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MITM attacks against portsnap and freebsd-update Message-ID: <CALf6cgb24XUsjMD9=koyziGb-u=4FtDT-CjB6JzmRhp5hQmCQw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHAXwYB3hx_jk9fJq5oNmDuPoFyU0A%2BHKed5K7Rk-YCQfmVhcQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHAXwYCGkP-o0VvMXj5S8-KNA45aTvy%2BsrjDL_=8-x9Dza5z5Q@mail.gmail.com> <20140411094620.78881cjb990bw8gc@webmail.ru.ac.za> <7a39fee1d8baee8029d01a13bcc4cce8.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <CAHAXwYApuU9_ZF5V5u2gXf0BK2ECw7-SH8AnFODhSBxFfJTQmw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHAXwYB3hx_jk9fJq5oNmDuPoFyU0A%2BHKed5K7Rk-YCQfmVhcQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 5:38 PM, David Noel <david.i.noel@gmail.com> wrote: > > I should have said "phased out" instead of "retired". > > Even if it was retired immediately users could still stay on whatever > release they were on; they'd only have to install subversion. > I was under the impression that portsnap was not there just because there was no svn in base, but also to make updating the ports more efficient - downloading a compressed archive and extracting it locally seems faster than checking out thousands of ports files (assume system is not updated regularly)? -- Nino
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