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Date:      Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:02:17 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org>
To:        George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FLAME - security advisories on the 23rd ? uncool idea is uncool
Message-ID:  <20111223220217.GB15456@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <CA%2BdUSyoycONC5yM7ZLKRwLp1W8wtUf%2Bw3yx1V%2BQorpmCcjO3ww@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <4EF4A75C.2040609@my.gd> <4EF4B2D6.5090206@sentex.net> <4EF4B982.3070207@missouri.edu> <4EF4C08A.3080609@sentex.net> <CA%2BdUSyo4biqKCQnVaD5YSHcY_hA2vE_azqHD4%2B915bXqB9qixQ@mail.gmail.com> <4EF4CB2E.4030109@infracaninophile.co.uk> <CA%2BdUSypTX3LEb2qOk7t9F7femKbWKfwSbJOd58=5vNVJz8wQww@mail.gmail.com> <20111223204838.GA43740@in-addr.com> <CA%2BdUSyoycONC5yM7ZLKRwLp1W8wtUf%2Bw3yx1V%2BQorpmCcjO3ww@mail.gmail.com>

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On 2011-Dec-23 23:40:10 +0200, George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>In any case, and IMHO this was not the proper time for this kind of
>advisories considering the fact that many companies are in a freeze
>period.

My honeypot logs suggest that the black hats aren't taking a holiday.
As Colin posted, the SO had to decide between two unpalatable options
and, IMHO, he made the correct decision.  The details and fixes are
now available - it's up to you to weigh up the risks of patching vs
the risks of not patching.

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Peter Jeremy

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