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Date:      Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:47:36 +0200
From:      Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen@sdaoden.eu>
To:        stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [Bug 278099] outdated version of zstd(1) is kept in the base
Message-ID:  <20240402224736.ykzHObpb@steffen%sdaoden.eu>
In-Reply-To: <bug-278099-1689-BnwlNbedSV@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
References:  <bug-278099-1689@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> <bug-278099-1689-BnwlNbedSV@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org wrote in
 <bug-278099-1689-BnwlNbedSV@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>:
 |https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=278099
 |
 |--- Comment #5 from Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> ---
 ...
 |post-factum errata: "Zstandard is developed under Facebook's eye so \
 |likely it's
 |backdoor-prone."

It is a RFC standardized compression method (RFC 8878).
As a zstd "fanatic" i am happy to have at least one point of
contact with that facebook that even our military uses.

  ...

--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer,                The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter           he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter  wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)



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