Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:33:59 +0200 From: Massimo Lusetti <massimo@cedoc.mo.it> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2-BETA1 Available Message-ID: <1158770039.4329.19.camel@massimo.datacode.it> In-Reply-To: <1158768766.10669.52.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> References: <1158768766.10669.52.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu>
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On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 12:12 -0400, Ken Smith wrote: > A few things to note about BETA1: > > - Be aware that FreeBSD-SA-06:21.gzip was released after > the -BETA1 builds started, and the gunzip(1) binaries > included are consequently vulnerable to the attacks > described in that advisory." [..] > - FreeBSD Update, a binary security update tool, was > recently imported into the FreeBSD base system, and the > FreeBSD Security Team is building binary security updates > for the i386 platform. Users are encouraged to test this. That's a perfect situation for testing this new feature, I'll test this as soon as binary security updates goes public. BTW thanks for bringing this to us. Best regards -- Massimo.run();
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