From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 27 18:03:14 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E993D255 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:03:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.f5.com (mail.f5.com [208.85.209.139]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCE7C138A for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:03:14 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,556,1389744000"; d="scan'208,217";a="102455491" X-IPAS-Result: AmcWAON8D1PAqArr/2dsb2JhbABagkKBVoMDiFO1NYEzdIImAQUjVhALDTUCAlcGAQ2yBqB2F45VB4JugUkBA4lKhgKIbIZyjwWCCg Received: from unknown (HELO exchmail.f5net.com) ([192.168.10.235]) by seamgw02.olympus.f5net.com with ESMTP; 27 Feb 2014 18:03:14 +0000 Received: from shiny.int.lineratesystems.com (192.168.16.250) by exchmail.f5net.com (192.168.16.223) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.158.1; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 10:03:13 -0800 Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:03:14 -0700 From: Joe To: , Lowell Gilbert Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: <44fvn64qaf.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <444n3kvhsy.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> Subject: Re: how to read security advisories X-Mailer: Airmail (231) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [192.168.16.250] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:03:15 -0000 Builds which do not have the -p suffix in their release string do not hav= e a patch level. Or maybe it's more accurate to say =22If your release string does not con= tain the -p suffix, your build is not from the patched security branch=22= =3F =C2=A0 I'm sure you know better than I how to state this in a technically correc= t way. Thanks, -joe From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 27 18:09:15 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B5A42535 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:09:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6809B1437 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:09:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s1RI99pE037365 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:09:09 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) with ESMTP id s1RI99jw037362; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:09:09 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:09:09 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Joe Subject: Re: how to read security advisories In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <44fvn64qaf.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <444n3kvhsy.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:09:10 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:09:15 -0000 On Thu, 27 Feb 2014, Joe wrote: > Builds which do not have the -p suffix in their release string do not have a patch level. > > Or maybe it's more accurate to say "If your release string does not contain the -p suffix, your build is not from the patched security branch"? ?? > I'm sure you know better than I how to state this in a technically correct way. "Release strings without a -p suffix have not been patched."