Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:21:48 -0400 From: Mikel King <mikel.king@olivent.com> To: dgoodin@theregister.com Cc: media@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, press@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD Message-ID: <A4D00AA2-BB73-4767-8054-F8E0B9112C53@olivent.com> In-Reply-To: <4AAE95B2.5050409@sitpub.com> References: <4AAE95B2.5050409@sitpub.com>
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On Sep 14, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Dan Goodin wrote: > Hello, > > Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register. > Security > researcher Przemyslaw Frasunek says versions 6.x through 6.4 of > FreeBSD > has a security bug. He says he notified the FreeBSD Foundation on > August > 29 and never got a response. We'll be writing a brief article about > this. Please let me know ASAP if someone cares to comment. > > Kind regards, > > Dan Goodin > 415-495-5411 Hasn't 6.x been End Of Lifed? I mean considering that 8.0 is expected to be released either later this month or early next, and 6.x will be officially retired at that time, is it possible that this was overlooked? Personally I don't think it's ever good to overlook security, especially in the case of a root exploit. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.4R/announce.html Regards, Mikel King CEO, Olivent Technologies Senior Editor, Daemon News Columnist, BSD Magazine 6 Alpine Court, Medford, NY 11763 skype:mikel.king http://olivent.com http://mikelking.com http://twitter.com/mikelking
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