From sebix at sebix.at  Sun Dec  1 09:46:34 2024
From: sebix at sebix.at (Sebix)
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 09:46:34 +0100
Subject: [IntelMQ-users] CIF3 output bot deprecation and removal
Message-ID: <48bbf0c4-9f86-4d7a-b945-5b9ba2cb6629@sebix.at>

Dear IntelMQ users

We are forced to deprecate and likely later remove the CIF3 Output 
bot[0], which was originally contributed in 2022 by REN-ISAC.

Background:

The bot depends on the cifsdk[1] library < 4.0. Even the latest release 
4.0 was published in 2019; and both versions, 3 and 4, are not 
compatible with Python >= 3.12.

Further, the cifsdk library[1] hasn't received any activity since 5 
years and has since stopped receiving maintenance.
Even a v5 CIF library[3] by the same author was stopped 4 years ago.

Therefore, the output bot needs an overhaul.

If you are using this bot and/or willing to contribute to IntelMQ, 
please get in touch.

best regards
Sebastian

[0]: https://docs.intelmq.org/latest/user/bots/#cifv3-api
[1]: https://github.com/csirtgadgets/cifsdk-v4-py
[2]: https://github.com/certtools/intelmq/issues/2543
[3]: https://github.com/csirtgadgets/cif-v5
Do you need assistance? Have a look at 
https://docs.intelmq.org/latest/help/#assistance

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From sebix at sebix.at  Sun Dec  1 10:52:57 2024
From: sebix at sebix.at (Sebix)
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 10:52:57 +0100
Subject: [IntelMQ-users] Python versions: Removing 3.7, adding 3.12 and 3.13
Message-ID: <1bbe547f-fc30-4e22-8968-fd9edec777dc@sebix.at>

Dear IntelMQ community

With Ubuntu 20.04 as our oldest supported target platform using Python 
3.8 and all other platforms using newer Python versions, it is time to 
drop IntelMQ's official support for Python 3.7 in the subsequent releases[0]
The Security support for 3.7 has ended in June 2023.

What does that mean in practice?
We no longer run the test suites on 3.7 and IntelMQ requires Python 3.8 
at installation time.

If you're running IntelMQ on an older system, we strongly recommend 
upgrading your environment to ensure it remains secure and up-to-date.
Should you require assistance with the upgrade process, please don't 
hesitate to contact us for support.[1]

At the other end of the spectrum, we added 3.12 and 3.13 to our test 
suite, which already revealed the issue with the cif3 output bot as you 
read in my other e-mail today.

[0]: https://github.com/certtools/intelmq/pull/2541
[1]: https://docs.intelmq.org/latest/help/#assistance

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