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Date:      Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:06:27 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>
Cc:        "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Calvin NG <calvinng@brel.com>, Sean Chittenden <sean-freebsd-stable@chittenden.org>, Jeff Kletsky <Jeff+freebsd@wagsky.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: pkg_version perl hacker project
Message-ID:  <20010424130627.B91239@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010424125858.M19530@rand.tgd.net>; from sean@chittenden.org on Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:58:58PM -0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104230806060.27435-100000@wildside.wagsky.com> <20010423231827.A19530@rand.tgd.net> <20010424142340.E5216@brel.com> <20010424014833.B19530@rand.tgd.net> <20010424120052.H89156@xor.obsecurity.org> <200104241907.f3OJ7u103414@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <2001@=> <20010424125858.M19530@rand.tgd.net>

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On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:58:58PM -0700, Sean Chittenden wrote:
> =09
>=20
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:07:56PM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
> > Think about where to put the parsed set of vulnerable packages.
>=20
> 	With this comment, I'm lead to believe that there is no
> central place where ports that have been marked as FORBIDDEN resides.
> Fact or fiction?  Would anyone object to a new ports top level
> directory called one of the following (or any combination thereof):

FORBIDDEN ports are transitory; once they're fixed, the tag goes away,
but the old version of the package still is insecure.

People may also not have the ports collection installed at all; they
still can be installing vulnerable packages.

The only permanent repository of this information is the security
advisories which are archived on the FTP site.

Kris

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