Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 06:34:27 -0700 (PDT) From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: J.McKeown@ru.ac.za Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, secteam <secteam@freebsd.org>, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>, david.i.noel@gmail.com, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MITM attacks against portsnap and freebsd-update Message-ID: <7a39fee1d8baee8029d01a13bcc4cce8.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <20140411094620.78881cjb990bw8gc@webmail.ru.ac.za> References: <CAHAXwYCGkP-o0VvMXj5S8-KNA45aTvy%2BsrjDL_=8-x9Dza5z5Q@mail.gmail.com> <20140411094620.78881cjb990bw8gc@webmail.ru.ac.za>
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> Quoting David Noel <david.i.noel@gmail.com>: > >> 4. Retire portsnap. >> >> Details > [snip] >> Retiring Portsnap >> >> With the inclusion of svnlite in 10 I think the valid question comes >> up as to whether we really need the portsnap system or whether it >> could be safely retired. > > I see in the PR you suggest getting rid of the portsnap servers as > well. 8 and 9 are still supported releases. Does this mean that anyone > running 8.4 or 9.2 is going to lose the ability to upgrade their ports > tree quickly and easily unless they also upgrade their servers /from a > supported release/? I had intended to comment on this, as well. I also take issue with the (seemingly) premature demise of pkg_ in this regard. --Chris > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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