login walls

[thedxt]

If the end of life dates for a piece of software is behind a login wall. Can we still list it?

For example FortiOS

https://support.fortinet.com/Information/ProductLifeCycle.aspx

This is what it looks like behind the login wall.

[captn3m0]

Yes, the main goal of the site is to be be helpful to users - having this information easily accessible would be helpful to Fortinet users.

However, I had to accept a Fortinet agreement to pass the loginwall that included the following:

11.5. Confidential information. Customer may be exposed to certain information concerning the Products and Services including, without limitation, maintenance releases (regularly scheduled and released updates and upgrades to software), feature releases (enhancements released through Fortinet's Product planning practices or through Customer requests) and other Product, Service or business information, which is Fortinet's confidential or proprietary information (herein "Confidential Information"). The Customer agrees that, during and after the term of this Agreement, the Customer will not use or disclose to any third party any Confidential Information without the prior written consent of Fortinet, and Customer will use reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of such Confidential Information. The Customer may disclose the Confidential Information only to its employees as is reasonably necessary for the purposes for which such information was disclosed to Customer; provided that each such employee is under a written obligation of nondisclosure which protects the Confidential Information under terms substantially similar to those herein. Fortinet may process and store Customer data in the United States or any other country in which Fortinet or its agents work or maintain facilities. Customer will take reasonable steps not to disclose to Fortinet any personally identifiable, confidential or sensitive data, and Customer hereby consents to Fortinet’s processing and storage of Customer data, acknowledging and agreeing that Fortinet is merely a data processor.

So sounds like it depends on whether Fortinet is okay with this information being publicly available. Worst case, we can take it down if Fortinet complaints.

[captn3m0]

We now have a PR: #1444

Preview: https://deploy-preview-1444--endoflife-date.netlify.app/fortios