Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:28:53 +0100 From: rb@gid.co.uk To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lack of notification of security notices [via digest] Message-ID: <67782447-C01D-44DA-B676-DD7FF1E924B5@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20220419081952.2278811D6AE4@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org> References: <20220419081952.2278811D6AE4@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org>
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Hi, > From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> > Subject: Lack of notification of security notices > Date: 18 April 2022 at 20:57:12 BST > To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org >=20 >=20 > As per the FreeBSD Security Information web page, security = notifications are sent to: > =E2=80=A2 FreeBSD-security-notifications@FreeBSD.org >=20 > =E2=80=A2 FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.org >=20 > =E2=80=A2 FreeBSD-announce@FreeBSD.org >=20 > This policy has lately been ignored. No postings show up in the = archives of FreeBSD-security-notifications@FreeBSD.org since January. = Likewise for freebsd-announce. The only list showing the April 6 = announcements is this one, freebsd-security@freebad.org. Purely as a data point, I=E2=80=99m seeing the same symptoms here. > In the past, Security Announcements and Errata Notes have also been = copied to the stable and current lists as appropriate, although this is = not mentioned. This delayed the update of my systems by several days. = Fortunately, only one of these vulnerabilities was relevant to my = systems. >=20 > Even though the announcements are almost 2 weeks old, it is still = likely that some people are unaware of them, so I would strongly urge = that they be posted to, at least, FreeBSD-Announce and FreeBSD-Stable = lists. >=20 > In passing, I will note that the same issue appears to be occurring = with posts of Errata Notices. > --=20 > Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer > E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com > PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 -- Bob Bishop rb@gid.co.uk
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