Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:28:37 -0500 From: David Noel <david.i.noel@gmail.com> To: Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, J.McKeown@ru.ac.za, secteam <secteam@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MITM attacks against portsnap and freebsd-update Message-ID: <CAHAXwYApuU9_ZF5V5u2gXf0BK2ECw7-SH8AnFODhSBxFfJTQmw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7a39fee1d8baee8029d01a13bcc4cce8.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> References: <CAHAXwYCGkP-o0VvMXj5S8-KNA45aTvy%2BsrjDL_=8-x9Dza5z5Q@mail.gmail.com> <20140411094620.78881cjb990bw8gc@webmail.ru.ac.za> <7a39fee1d8baee8029d01a13bcc4cce8.authenticated@ultimatedns.net>
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>> 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. I should have said "phased out" instead of "retired".
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