From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 20 22:14:19 2000 From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 20 22:14:17 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from shale.csir.co.za (shale.csir.co.za [146.64.46.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B38A337B402; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 22:14:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from C992631-A.pinol1.sfba.home.com (C992631-A.pinol1.sfba.home.com [24.12.58.155]) by shale.csir.co.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA80873; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 08:13:48 +0200 (SAT) (envelope-from reg@shale.csir.co.za) Received: (from reg@localhost) by C992631-A.pinol1.sfba.home.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eBL6BXU45389; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 22:11:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from reg) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 22:11:33 -0800 From: Jeremy Lea To: Kris Kennaway Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is compatibility for old aout binaries broken? Message-ID: <20001220221132.S79112@shale.csir.co.za> Mail-Followup-To: Jeremy Lea , Kris Kennaway , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20001216161756.A6370@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> <200012171658.eBHGwGW24109@dungeon.home> <20001220005106.F41741@dragon.nuxi.com> <20001220035707.B3783@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> <20001220015223.H41741@dragon.nuxi.com> <20001220020520.P79112@shale.csir.co.za> <20001220191305.A23070@citusc.usc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001220191305.A23070@citusc.usc.edu>; from kris@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 07:13:05PM -0800 Sender: reg@shale.csir.co.za Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 07:13:05PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Argh. I'm going to have to mark that port FORBIDDEN, then, because old > versions of the X libraries have remote vulnerabilities. Hmmm... Are there patches available to just fix the security problems? We can't move much beyond 3.3.3 because Netscape's released aout binaries have workarounds for bugs from before then, which cause them to be unstable when those bugs are fixed. Else, I guess we are stuck with netscape-linux or mozilla... And people keep breaking mozilla... Regards, -Jeremy -- FreeBSD - Because the best things in life are free... http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message