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Date:      Mon, 02 Oct 2000 21:33:00 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net>
Cc:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, "Chris D . Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ftpd bug in FreeBSD through at least 3.4 
Message-ID:  <21970.970515180@critter>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Oct 2000 14:22:24 CDT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.10010021410490.43354-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net> 

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In message <Pine.BSF.4.10.10010021410490.43354-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net>, Jam
es Wyatt writes:
>On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> In message <4.3.2.7.2.20001002124607.00df8150@localhost>, Brett Glass writes:
>> >At 12:35 PM 10/2/2000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> >
>> >>3.4 is a dead branch, 2.x even more so.
>> >
>> >People are still running it 3.x, though. LOTS of people. 
>> 
>> Doesn't change the fact that it's a dead branch.
>
>Doesn't change the fact that "LOTS of people" are still running it...  
>Geez, what a curt, rude, throw-your-hands-up answer.
>
>Are you saying that if we found a terrible bug (not this easy one)
>somewhere critical in 3.5.%d, we'd all have to immediatly upgrade? - Jy@

Yes, I am saying that.

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Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
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