Logjam vulnerability and epiphany.

[James Cameron]

Thanks for the question.

We have no plans to declare end-of-life or end-of-support for the older XO's.

As far as I can tell, in making such a declaration there would be no
net benefit, and some additional cost.

There are very few of the older XO's in use.

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 05:48:12PM -0400, Samuel Greenfeld wrote:
> While it is possible to partially fix the LogJam vulnerability, are there plans
> to declare end-of-life or end-of-support for the older XO's?
> 
> A few years ago, we talked about ending support in 2020 when other Linux
> distributions would stop distributing x86 processor builds.
> 
> And OLPC is not like the OpenWRT project, where developers have kept things
> up-to-date even for legacy hardware.
> 
> ---
> SJG
> 
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 5:21 PM James Cameron <[1]quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> 
>     Yes, wikimedia servers will be unreachable.  That is their decision.
> 
>     Many other servers already do not permit connection, and this varies by
>     geography of IP address, based on local laws or a server owner's assessment
>     of market value.
> 
>     We have no plans to upgrade for XO-1.5.
> 
>     Is not a problem on NL3 or ED20 models with OLPC OS 20.04.
> 
>     On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 06:57:09AM -0700, [2]peter at easthope.ca wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > System 13.2.8 on a XO 1.5 here.
>     >
>     > Open epiphany and open
>     > [3]https://clienttest.ssllabs.com:8443/ssltest/viewMyClient.html .
>     >
>     > Logjam vulnerability is reported. 
>     > [4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logjam_(computer_security)
>     >
>     > A specific consequence is that a wikimedia server will not permit a
>     > connection from this epiphany after September 25, 2020. Ie. Wikipedia
>     > & etc. will become inaccessible with this browser.  =8~(
>     >
>     > I guess you fellas are aware of all that.  Is there any plan to
>     > introduce an appropriate upgrade?
>     >
>     > Thanks,                              ... Peter E.
>     >
>     > --
>     > [5]https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines
>     > [6]https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon
>     > Tel: +1 604 670 0140            Bcc: peter at easthope. ca
>     >
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> References:
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> [1] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> [2] mailto:peter at easthope.ca
> [3] https://clienttest.ssllabs.com:8443/ssltest/viewMyClient.html
> [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logjam_(computer_security)
> [5] https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines
> [6] https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon
> [7] mailto:Devel at lists.laptop.org
> [8] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
> [9] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> [10] mailto:Devel at lists.laptop.org
> [11] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

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