Quoting Mike Tancsa <m...@sentex.net>: > On 12/23/2011 11:07 AM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > > Hey up list, > > Look, just a rant here. > > Who in *HELL* thought it would be a cool idea to release no less than > > FOUR security advisories today ? > > > The Security Officer explained it was because one of them was being > actively exploited. > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security-notifications/2011-December/000165.html > > > Also, the chroot issue has been public for some time along with sample > exploits. Same with BIND which was fixed some time ago. Judgment call, > and I think they made the right call at least from my perspective. > > ---Mike > > > -- > ------------------- > Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 > Sentex Communications, m...@sentex.net > Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net > Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >
To think a security threat could be rendered less serious based on the date of its announcement is rather provincial. You're damn right they made the right call. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
