Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 11:00:57 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG, Alan DeKok <aland@freeradius.org>, wollman@lcs.mit.edu Subject: Re: Fwd: [Status of FreeRADIUS in the ports collection] Message-ID: <200205021800.g42I0vVa089809@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.ORG> of "Thu, 02 May 2002 11:50:28 CDT." <20020502165028.GB16240@madman.nectar.cc>
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If the maintainer doesn't object, I can put it on my list of things to
do. I do however think that instead of using the nightly snapshot,
which can make the port obsolete in one evening, we should use the
latest public beta (0.5).
Cheers, Phone: 250-387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: 250-387-5766
Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Email: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
Open Systems Group, CITS
Ministry of Management Services
Province of BC
FreeBSD UNIX: cy@FreeBSD.org
In message <20020502165028.GB16240@madman.nectar.cc>, "Jacques A.
Vidrine" writ
es:
> Would someone like to update the FreeRADIUS port?
> Otherwise, it should just be removed. It has been marked FORBIDDEN
> for some time now.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc> http://www.nectar.cc/
> NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal Kerberos
> jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@FreeBSD.org . nectar@kth.se
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Alan DeKok <aland@freeradius.org> -----
> Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 12:40:05 -0400
> From: "Alan DeKok" <aland@freeradius.org>
> To: security-officer@FreeBSD.org
> Cc:
> Subject: Status of FreeRADIUS in the ports collection
>
> I'm not sure who to email about this. I've tried the person listed
> as the maintainer, and he hasn't responded.
>
> The version of FreeRADIUS listed in the 'ports' collection is over a
> year old, and has known security problems, so it's listed as
> unsupported.
>
> I have no idea why the maintainer hasn't updated the port. All
> known security problems were fixed over 6 months ago, and there have
> been *many* versions of the software released since then.
>
>
> If no one is going to maintain the FreeRADIUS server in the 'ports'
> collection, then I would prefer to see it removed entirely from the
> FreeBSD 'ports'. Having an old and broken version of the software
> listed by FreeBSD makes everyone look bad.
>
> Alan DeKok.
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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