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[209.85.210.46]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a14sm1682326otr.54.2020.02.18.11.49.03 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:49:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-ot1-f46.google.com with SMTP id j16so20770404otl.1 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:49:03 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:7342:: with SMTP id l2mr17222788otk.98.1582055343104; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:49:03 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200217231452.717FA1E820@freefall.freebsd.org> <85E7C97E-EF8B-4FC7-8EF1-758B7BCBAE90@kreme.com> <20200218183010.5a52441f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20200218183010.5a52441f.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Tomasz CEDRO Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:48:51 +0100 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 12.0 end-of-life To: Polytropon Cc: "@lbutlr" , FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48MWdH2HPPz4g4q X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=cedro.info header.s=google header.b=b/e/GfG2; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of tomek@cedro.info has no SPF policy when checking 2607:f8b0:4864:20::244) smtp.mailfrom=tomek@cedro.info X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.53 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[cedro.info:s=google]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[cedro.info]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[cedro.info:+]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[4.4.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; IP_SCORE(-0.23)[ip: (2.45), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-1.89), asn: 15169(-1.68), country: US(-0.05)]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:49:08 -0000 Hello Poly :-) On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 6:31 PM Polytropon wrote: > On desktop systems, especially those including web browsers > and so-called "productivity software" (i. e., office suites), > security is far more important, as new approaches to broken > software concepts and flaky hardware (yes, I'm looking at > you, Mister Intelprocessor!) and their exploitation are > being invented very quickly. So the OS has to provide the > optimal solutions for mitigation. A faster release cycle > surely helps a lot. Newer security flaws probably require > methods of dealing with them that cannot be easily ported > to older releases, so that's probably the reason why they > are not supported that long. Sure thing, this is why there are PATCH updates every time they are important for kernel and base security / stability / other fixes reasons.. also ports provide their own "on demand" updates that are separate from base :-) -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info