Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:57:57 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: Nielsen <nielsen@memberwebs.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp.freebsd.org out of date? (WRT security advisories) Message-ID: <20030918145757.GE32994@madman.celabo.org> In-Reply-To: <3F68FE17.5050700@memberwebs.com> References: <3F68FE17.5050700@memberwebs.com>
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On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 12:39:47AM +0000, Nielsen wrote: > It seems (at least for me) the patches on ftp.freebsd.org are out of > date for the 03:12 security advisory (openssh). ftp2.freebsd.org has > them fine. > > I'm wondering if this is a mirror issue or perhaps round-robin DNS problem? > > What compounds the issue is that right now the old openssh 3.7 patches > are there (on ftp.freebsd.org), but not the 3.7.1 patches (which can be > found on ftp2.freebsd.org). This could conceivably cause someone to miss > a patch. > > Am i doing something wrong? If not, then this is just a little heads up. > Perhaps it would be better to include ftp2.freebsd.org links in the > security advisories. > > Hate to complain. The FreeBSD security team has done a great job, > especially in the midst of this whole openssh mess. I always manually update ftp.freebsd.org (62.243.72.50) and ftp2.freebsd.org. The problem is, it seems, that recently a 2nd ftp.freebsd.org was added to DNS. (Seems like a really bad idea to me, but *shrug*.) I do not have access to this new machine, and indeed I'm not sure exactly who runs it. It is on my TODO list to find out and ask for a means to run manual updates there as well. Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine . NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal nectar@celabo.org . jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@freebsd.org . nectar@kth.se
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