[tor-bugs] #4222 [Company]: Make cron job to update RecommendedTBBVersions on check.tp.o

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Wed Oct 12 03:13:44 UTC 2011


#4222: Make cron job to update RecommendedTBBVersions on check.tp.o
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 Reporter:  mikeperry  |          Owner:  phobos
     Type:  task       |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:        
Component:  Company    |        Version:        
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Replying to [comment:12 phobos]:
 > Replying to [comment:8 mikeperry]:
 > > Ok, but what's the harm in deploying that patch now? It is ready to be
 applied to the current check.
 >
 > Why the rush for this?

 Because there have been about two or three dozen Firefox releases with
 remote code exec bugs since we started shipping Tor Browser Bundle 2 years
 ago, and we still have *no* mechanism for telling any of those people that
 they are running vulnerable software, unless their tor also happens to
 become vulnerable and Vidalia told them by coincidence..

 If we have a mechanism to tell them, we should deploy it yesterday, or
 last year. Not next month or next quarter.

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