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Date:      Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:26:55 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        ruby@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 194491] www/rubygem-httpclient: Bump to version 2.5.1
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robmessick@gmail.com has asked ruby@FreeBSD.org for maintainer-feedback:
Bug 194491: www/rubygem-httpclient: Bump to version 2.5.1
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=194491



--- Description ---
There are some changes to defaults in httpclient 2.5.0+ to mitigate
susceptibility to some recent(ish) SSL atack vectors.

See: https://github.com/nahi/httpclient/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

Relevant changes in 2.5.0:
"""
    Disabled SSLv3 in favor of POODLE Attack prevention.
    Enabled 1/n-1 fragment in favor of BEAST Attack prevention.
    No TLS compression in favor of CRIME Attack prevention.
"""

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Auto-assigned to maintainer ruby@FreeBSD.org



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