Node Weekly
June 24, 2016  #143

Apologies for the lateness of this issue today - we were awaiting the security releases of Node addressed in the first item below :-)

Node.js Foundation
Vulnerabilities have been patched in 5.x, 4.x, 0.12.x and 0.10.x. Node 6 has not been affected, however.


John-David Dalton and Bradley Meck
A well-informed proposal to resolve standing issues over whether JavaScript files are treated as regular scripts or modules.


Karl Düüna
A look at not only some npm caching and installation concerns, but also licences, freshness, and dependencies of modules overall.


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Guy Podjarny
Guy outlines five different dimensions to thinking about npm dependencies, including development vs production dependencies and versioning issues.


The npm Blog
A look at issues around using certain public packages in a limited-access environment.


Adam Baldwin
Upgrade to the newly released 4.14, if possible. If you're using acceptsLanguages, you could be vulnerable to a simple attack.


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