Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:31:07 -0700 From: Jason <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: Mikel King <mikel.king@olivent.com> 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 Message-ID: <20090914213107.GC56375@eggman.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <A4D00AA2-BB73-4767-8054-F8E0B9112C53@olivent.com> References: <4AAE95B2.5050409@sitpub.com> <A4D00AA2-BB73-4767-8054-F8E0B9112C53@olivent.com>
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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" >
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