From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 28 17:27:48 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63C1416A4CE for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:27:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from spatula.dreamhost.com (spatula.dreamhost.com [66.33.205.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE45443D41 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:27:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@tntluoma.com) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-68-252-33-50.dsl.wotnoh.ameritech.net [68.252.33.50]) by spatula.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D164F17D022 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:27:44 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: FreeBSD-Questions Questions From: Timothy Luoma Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:27:41 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) Subject: 1st security warning: "installed zlib version may contain a security bug" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:27:48 -0000 I was trying to configure && make 'clamav-0.81' when it complained about this: configure: error: The installed zlib version may contain a security bug. Please upgrade to 1.2.2 or later: http://www.zlib.net. You can omit this check with --disable-zlib-vcheck but DO NOT REPORT any stablility issues then! I went to zlib.net, downloaded 1.2.2, did './configure && make install clean' Is that all I need to do? This is my first "security warning" so I want to make sure I'm not missing something obvious. Is there a good "What newbies need to know about FreeBSD security" out there? TjL