From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 23 21:40:11 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A634106566C for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:40:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gkontos.mail@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 226768FC15 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:40:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iadj38 with SMTP id j38so17948478iad.13 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:40:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Tm/wXaYlzYwph1WHAf6KmzIiGHDviX78XsS0bF5Tw0M=; b=JYQfCTphcPn8FleOPTvoO6DN+NjqDoDThR3yA4GwMrDeID+hW7orcu7SWuyw6BWosX WEBl4p45TbeNtBVYkQnS7e/GJuL8mOZwOTWWf5YwNGwbIQBjYyMGndfzWZLnsGG9qsEq W2Ii2nS9MDhVjKD2FqbOzuHaxQFzRUa7jx6Jo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.160.201 with SMTP id xm9mr15626681igb.16.1324676410409; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:40:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.15.7 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:40:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20111223204838.GA43740@in-addr.com> References: <4EF4A75C.2040609@my.gd> <4EF4B2D6.5090206@sentex.net> <4EF4B982.3070207@missouri.edu> <4EF4C08A.3080609@sentex.net> <4EF4CB2E.4030109@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20111223204838.GA43740@in-addr.com> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:40:10 +0200 Message-ID: From: George Kontostanos To: Gary Palmer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: FLAME - security advisories on the 23rd ? uncool idea is uncool 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: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:40:11 -0000 On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Gary Palmer wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 08:55:35PM +0200, George Kontostanos wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Matthew Seaman >> wrote: >> > On 23/12/2011 18:05, George Kontostanos wrote: >> >> Are all cvs mirror servers updated regarding these changes ? >> >> >> >> ANYBODY ???? >> > >> > Should have by now. ?Commits usually take about an hour to propagate t= o >> > the official cvsup servers. >> > >> > Easy enough to tell though -- the advisories have all the version >> > numbers in, and you'ld only need to check a file or two from each of >> > them to be reasonably sure you'ld got all the updates. >> > >> > ? ? ? ?Cheers, >> > >> > ? ? ? ?Matthew >> > >> > -- >> > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 7 Priory Courtyard >> > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Flat 3 >> > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey ? ? Ramsgate >> > JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Kent, CT11 9PW >> > >> >> Thanks for the info Matthew. I think though that it is best for all to >> first make sure that the servers all updated before sending out all >> those security advisories. > > I don't believe they're monitored like that. =A0If you want the updates > quickly, download the files referenced in the advisories. =A0My build was > done before my local cvsup server picked up the changes. > > Gary Yes, that's easy if you dealing with one server. But it is very different when you have to apply those patches to 20 different servers that are in different locations. Having a local cvsup server doing this job tends to make updating easier. In any case, and IMHO this was not the proper time for this kind of advisories considering the fact that many companies are in a freeze period. Cheers --=20 George Kontostanos