Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 16:51:56 +0800 From: David_May@allsolutions.com.au To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Distributions of security patches. Message-ID: <OF2FFFF399.C4CDD14D-ON48256AAA.002CA002@allsolutions.com.au>
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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" <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have just been through a process of attempting to </font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">streamline the installation of security patches to</font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">our FreeBSD machines. There has to be a better way.</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Here, we install our systems from FreeBSD RELEASE </font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">CD-ROMS that we purchase. Given that so much effort </font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">has gone in to making FreeBSD releases easy to install </font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">it is a shame that it is not easy to install patches </font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">to the base system in the same way.</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Is there a good reason occasional BINARY patches </font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">containing ESSENTIAL UPDATES to FreeBSD releases are</font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">be made available for download from FreeBSD.ORG? </font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It seems a bit silly that at www.freebsd.org there is </font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">an IMPORTANT NOTICE about a telnet demon exploit but </font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">no link for DOWNLOAD BINARY PATCH FROM HERE!</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Personally, I would even be happy to pay a bit more </font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">for my FreeBSD CDs for the privilege of avoiding all </font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">the CVSUPing or CTMing and re-compiling the ENTIRE </font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">SYSTEM just to ensure I have not missed a security </font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">patch to telnetd or whatever.</font> <br> --=_alternative 0030B37748256AAA_=-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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