Re: Critical: ssh-nonfree IS exploited

[Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>]

kcr@debian.org wrote:
> ...
> > Apart from that, Wichert is right that
> > ssh-nonfree is not part of Debian and can only be handled with low
> > priority.
> ...
> 
> Gosh, just because they're not ideologically pure enough, people who
> installed software from our ftp servers with our installers can go ahead
> and get broken into?  IMAO, this doesn't make us good network citizens, and
> probably doesn't improve our image in the eyes of the people getting
> shafted by this.  Someone should at least pull ssh-nonfree out of stable so
> nobody installs a new copy.

I can probably schedule that for 2.2r5 if you like.  That's an easy task.
And getting rid of non-free software is nothing I'd object to...

Regards,

	Joey

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