From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 14 21:36:52 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AABC21065679 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:36:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 415678FC16 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:36:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8ELalqf051367; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:36:48 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk n8ELalqf051367 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1252964208; bh=ft6zjXXp9utTWnzq5ShpBKv2IGwkz00ZC+nKffBwhBs=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4AAEB763.6060709@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20M on,=2014=20Sep=202009=2022:36:35=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|Organization:=20Infracaninophi le|User-Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.23=20(X11/20090823)|MIME-Vers ion:=201.0|To:=20Mikel=20King=20|CC:=20dgo odin@theregister.com,=20freebsd-questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20R e:=20reporter=20on=20deadline=20seeks=20comment=20about=20reported =20security=20bug=0D=0A=20in=20FreeBSD|References:=20<4AAE95B2.505 0409@sitpub.com>=20|In-Reply-To:=20|X-Enigmail-Version:=200.95.6|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed= 3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha256=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-si gnature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enig98878D655EED2E5D78 3A4EC3"; b=fdMG/7jQVSVkn1Cfv8RVC1NGJgij4eelqlIpbpxLLMns4uO1Jp13fl4aokbj3knSg ZwbFM0FjJ0YYyqCEecusmC3CBmKC4la+nZeHfx7yGF+HUiU/InPDbafNfjksHN5EMS A/3rPI3MMBCW5aXaJFaRFtyvAbFXoFGLZULukPlA= X-Authentication-Warning: happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host localhost [IPv6:::1] claimed to be happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Message-ID: <4AAEB763.6060709@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:36:35 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090823) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mikel King References: <4AAE95B2.5050409@sitpub.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig98878D655EED2E5D783A4EC3" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.2 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, dgoodin@theregister.com Subject: Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:36:52 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig98878D655EED2E5D783A4EC3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mikel King wrote: > Hasn't 6.x been End Of Lifed? I mean considering that 8.0 is expected t= o=20 > be released either later this month or early next, and 6.x will be=20 > officially retired at that time, is it possible that this was=20 > overlooked? Personally I don't think it's ever good to overlook=20 > security, especially in the case of a root exploit. Nope. 6.3 (RELENG_6_3) will be supported until at least 31 January 2010 while 6.4 (RELENG_6_4) and 6-STABLE (RELENG_6) will be supported until at= least 30 November 2010 by the Security team. There are no more releases planned from the RELENG_6 branch, but that's n= ot the same as 'unsupported' -- patches and advisories will be issued until = the dates listed, and quite usually beyond that. 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