From owner-freebsd-security Thu Aug 16 1:52: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from vindaloo.allsolutions.com.au (vindaloo.allsolutions.com.au [203.111.24.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0C4B37B409 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 01:51:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from David_May@allsolutions.com.au) Received: from roganjosh.allsolutions.com.au (roganjosh.allsolutions.com.au [192.9.200.253]) by vindaloo.allsolutions.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA00170 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 16:51:55 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from David_May@allsolutions.com.au) From: David_May@allsolutions.com.au MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Distributions of security patches. X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.7 March 21, 2001 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 16:51:56 +0800 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on Perth/All Solutions(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 16/08/2001 04:51:55 PM, Serialize complete at 16/08/2001 04:51:55 PM Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_alternative 0030B37748256AAA_=" Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 0030B37748256AAA_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I have just been through a process of attempting to streamline the installation of security patches to our FreeBSD machines. There has to be a better way. Here, we install our systems from FreeBSD RELEASE CD-ROMS that we purchase. Given that so much effort has gone in to making FreeBSD releases easy to install it is a shame that it is not easy to install patches to the base system in the same way. Is there a good reason occasional BINARY patches containing ESSENTIAL UPDATES to FreeBSD releases are be made available for download from FreeBSD.ORG? It seems a bit silly that at www.freebsd.org there is an IMPORTANT NOTICE about a telnet demon exploit but no link for DOWNLOAD BINARY PATCH FROM HERE! Personally, I would even be happy to pay a bit more for my FreeBSD CDs for the privilege of avoiding all the CVSUPing or CTMing and re-compiling the ENTIRE SYSTEM just to ensure I have not missed a security patch to telnetd or whatever. --=_alternative 0030B37748256AAA_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
I have just been through a process of attempting to
streamline the installation of security patches to
our FreeBSD machines.  There has to be a better way.

Here, we install our systems from FreeBSD RELEASE
CD-ROMS that we purchase. Given that so much effort
has gone in to making FreeBSD releases easy to install
it is a shame that it is not easy to install patches
to the base system in the same way.

Is there a good reason occasional BINARY patches
containing ESSENTIAL UPDATES to FreeBSD releases are
be made available for download from FreeBSD.ORG?

It seems a bit silly that at www.freebsd.org there is
an IMPORTANT NOTICE about a telnet demon exploit but
no link for DOWNLOAD BINARY PATCH FROM HERE!

Personally, I would even be happy to pay a bit more
for my FreeBSD CDs for the privilege of avoiding all
the CVSUPing or CTMing and re-compiling the ENTIRE
SYSTEM just to ensure I have not missed a security
patch to telnetd or whatever.
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