From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 23 16:57:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B9CD106566B for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:57:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1-6.sentex.ca [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:1::12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C334F8FC19 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:57:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:4:f025:8813:7603:7e4a] (saphire3.sentex.ca [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:4:f025:8813:7603:7e4a]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pBNGv69G016866; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:57:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-ID: <4EF4B2D6.5090206@sentex.net> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:56:54 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa Organization: Sentex Communications User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Damien Fleuriot References: <4EF4A75C.2040609@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <4EF4A75C.2040609@my.gd> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:1::12 Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: FLAME - security advisories on the 23rd ? uncool idea is uncool X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:57:09 -0000 On 12/23/2011 11:07 AM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > Hey up list, > Look, just a rant here. > Who in *HELL* thought it would be a cool idea to release no less than > FOUR security advisories today ? The Security Officer explained it was because one of them was being actively exploited. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security-notifications/2011-December/000165.html Also, the chroot issue has been public for some time along with sample exploits. Same with BIND which was fixed some time ago. Judgment call, and I think they made the right call at least from my perspective. ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/