From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 20 16:35:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21CFA16A62C for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:35:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from massimo@cedoc.mo.it) Received: from insomma.datacode.it (ip-174-86.sn2.eutelia.it [83.211.174.86]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EAEA43DBD for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:34:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from massimo@cedoc.mo.it) Received: from localhost (localhost.datacode.it [127.0.0.1]) by insomma.datacode.it (Postfix) with SMTP id A37C72C90B for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:34:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from insomma.datacode.it (localhost.datacode.it [127.0.0.1]) by insomma.datacode.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA3D62C90A for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:34:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from massimo.datacode.it (massimo.datacode.it [192.168.1.13]) by insomma.datacode.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98B962C906 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:34:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Massimo Lusetti To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1158768766.10669.52.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> References: <1158768766.10669.52.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: CEDOC - Modena Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:33:59 +0200 Message-Id: <1158770039.4329.19.camel@massimo.datacode.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-7) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2-BETA1 Available X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:35:47 -0000 On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 12:12 -0400, Ken Smith wrote: > A few things to note about BETA1: > > - Be aware that FreeBSD-SA-06:21.gzip was released after > the -BETA1 builds started, and the gunzip(1) binaries > included are consequently vulnerable to the attacks > described in that advisory." [..] > - FreeBSD Update, a binary security update tool, was > recently imported into the FreeBSD base system, and the > FreeBSD Security Team is building binary security updates > for the i386 platform. Users are encouraged to test this. That's a perfect situation for testing this new feature, I'll test this as soon as binary security updates goes public. BTW thanks for bringing this to us. Best regards -- Massimo.run();