I'm more worried another DMARC style debacle myself, more than a Python security issue, although that could be an issue.
Thanks, Matt On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 3:29 PM Sean McBride <s...@rogue-research.com> wrote: > On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:36:59 -0500, Dimitri Maziuk via Mailman-Users said: > > >On 4/10/19 12:49 PM, Sean McBride wrote: > >> On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:38:34 -0500, Dimitri Maziuk via Mailman-Users > said: > >> > >>> How much support for python 2 have you been getting until now, and why > >>> do you believe you will need it in the future? > >> > >> Fixes to security vulnerabilities basically. If/when some new one is > >found after 2020, you're screwed. > > > >Screwed how, exactly? > > In the way you described (below). > > >With a properly sandboxed application your security vulnerability has to > >be a) exploitable through that application and b) able to break out of > >the sandbox and wreak havoc to your host system. > > > >It's all perfectly possible in theory but really, do a basic risk > >analysis before jumping on the knee-jerk security bandwagon. > > Agreed. But should it happen, there'll be no patches to python2 > forthcoming. > > Sean > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/mgoebel%40emich.edu > -- Matthew Goebel : goe...@emunix.emich.edu : Unix Jockey @ EMU : Hail Eris Neo-Student, Net Lurker, Donut consumer, and procrastinating medher... "Always with the negative waves, Moriarty" - Oddball "Comfort the troubled, and trouble the comfortable." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org