Date: 31 Jul 2002 23:00:46 -0400 From: Petr Swedock <petr@blade-runner.mit.edu> To: "Michael Sharp" <freebsd@ec.rr.com> Cc: <dmp@pantherdragon.org>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: About the openssl hole Message-ID: <86y9brnuzl.fsf@blade-runner.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <2319.192.168.1.4.1028151129.squirrel@webmail.probsd.ws> References: <004001c237cf$23c00560$fa00a8c0@elixor> <170112657687.20020730181657@buz.ch> <000d01c237e5$ceede1d0$fa00a8c0@elixor> <5113861671.20020730183701@buz.ch> <002301c237ea$04b4d4f0$fa00a8c0@elixor> <2115515250.20020730190434@buz.ch> <3D470873.5C42BF65@pantherdragon.org> <3D47402F.83B37CBA@pantherdragon.org> <2319.192.168.1.4.1028151129.squirrel@webmail.probsd.ws>
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"Michael Sharp" <freebsd@ec.rr.com> writes: > Regarding using a port to fix a core issue. I so toatally disagree. I don't follow your reasoning. I didn't know openssl was a 'core' issue. > Each port/package that is installed on a FreeBSD box degrades the security > profile in small increments. How so? I don't follow. > My thoughts, use core as much as you can, > and use ports sparingly. I had 4 services exposed to the net that relied > on the bad OpenSSL. I chose to wait out the core team to fix things. Yes, > my website might have been down for 8 hrs, mail as well.. etc... but so > what? Downtime is a luxury few have. A luxury I certainly don't enjoy. > However, I'm not a 1000 hit a day business either so I guess one > could argue the wait for core/install a port issue there. But I have found > that core typically goes right to work on a issue, and a fix is out within > hrs. I don't see why installing the openssh ports isn't a fix. Peace, Petr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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