From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 14 21:31:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D37F106566C for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:31:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhelfman@e-e.com) Received: from mail.experts-exchange.com (mail.experts-exchange.com [64.156.132.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D26788FC19 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:31:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eggman.experts-exchange.com (unknown [72.29.180.81]) by mail.experts-exchange.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC10B4A30985; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:31:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by eggman.experts-exchange.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:31:07 -0700 Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:31:07 -0700 From: Jason To: Mikel King Message-ID: <20090914213107.GC56375@eggman.experts-exchange.com> References: <4AAE95B2.5050409@sitpub.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2 GENERIC X-Living-The-Dream: I love the SLO Life! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: media@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, dgoodin@theregister.com, press@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:31:46 -0000 On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:21:48PM -0400, Mikel King thus spake: > >On Sep 14, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Dan Goodin wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register. >> Security >> researcher Przemyslaw Frasunek says versions 6.x through 6.4 of >> FreeBSD >> has a security bug. He says he notified the FreeBSD Foundation on >> August >> 29 and never got a response. We'll be writing a brief article about >> this. Please let me know ASAP if someone cares to comment. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Dan Goodin >> 415-495-5411 > >Hasn't 6.x been End Of Lifed? I mean considering that 8.0 is expected >to be released either later this month or early next, and 6.x will be >officially retired at that time, is it possible that this was >overlooked? Personally I don't think it's ever good to overlook >security, especially in the case of a root exploit. > >http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.4R/announce.html Looks like the EOL will be: November 30, 2010 http://security.freebsd.org/ > >Regards, >Mikel King >CEO, Olivent Technologies >Senior Editor, Daemon News >Columnist, BSD Magazine >6 Alpine Court, >Medford, NY 11763 > >skype:mikel.king >http://olivent.com >http://mikelking.com >http://twitter.com/mikelking > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >