Thread: Re: [ANNOUNCE] PostgreSQL Security Release
> -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-announce-owner@postgresql.org > [mailto:pgsql-announce-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of > Marc G. Fournier > Sent: 01 February 2005 04:36 > To: pgsql-announce@postgresql.org > Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: [ANNOUNCE] PostgreSQL Security Release > > > In order to address a potential security hole recently > identified with the > "LOAD" option, the PostgreSQL Global Development Group is > announcing the > release of new versions of PostgreSQL going back to the 7.2.x version. > > As always, these releases are available on all mirrors, as listed at: > > http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp > Hi Marc, Please do not send people there - not only does it bypass the useful bits of the tracking code, but it also advertises a 'backend' server. Please send people to http://www.postgresql.org/download/ or http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/ instead. Regards, Dave
Dave Page wrote: <snip> > Hi Marc, > > Please do not send people there - not only does it bypass the useful > bits of the tracking code, but it also advertises a 'backend' server. > Please send people to http://www.postgresql.org/download/ or > http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/ instead. Would it be a good idea to add a news item for this as well? (Isn't that already part of the "standard" release process?) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift > Regards, Dave > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster -- "One who sees the invisible can do the impossible." + Frank Gaines
No sweat, its the same URL I used for the RCs, so hadn't even thought of it ... On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Dave Page wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pgsql-announce-owner@postgresql.org >> [mailto:pgsql-announce-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of >> Marc G. Fournier >> Sent: 01 February 2005 04:36 >> To: pgsql-announce@postgresql.org >> Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org >> Subject: [ANNOUNCE] PostgreSQL Security Release >> >> >> In order to address a potential security hole recently >> identified with the >> "LOAD" option, the PostgreSQL Global Development Group is >> announcing the >> release of new versions of PostgreSQL going back to the 7.2.x version. >> >> As always, these releases are available on all mirrors, as listed at: >> >> http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp >> > > Hi Marc, > > Please do not send people there - not only does it bypass the useful > bits of the tracking code, but it also advertises a 'backend' server. > Please send people to http://www.postgresql.org/download/ or > http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/ instead. > > Regards, Dave > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664