Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 04:07:42 -0400 From: "Jerry Murdock" <jmurdock@itraktech.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Security Issues And Iso Images Message-ID: <003501c11285$67dd6f00$0201a8c0@bellsouth.net> References: <B0001216281@mail06.toast.net>
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> I am very curious as to why iso's can not at least be created for the 4.3- > stable branch to address security issues pakages are not much of an issue > but really recompile your kernel now I think that abit much for newbies? A release is not much more than a snapshot of -stable. You want them to do it more often? IMO, it would be a waste of their time. Compiling a kernel is running three simple command lines. Anyone running FreeBSD should get familiar with it - ESPECIALLY anyone concerned with security issues. If you want IPF, IPSEC, IPFW, Bridging, etc, you are looking at a kernel build anyway. > since 4.3 release There are now a few hours of updates to secure it IMHO > thats a little to much we are starting to look like wintendos here? I don't get this. It should involve nothing more than a cvsup of -stable and a make. I am a FreeBSD newbie, so please correct me if I'm wrong. The only time this would take hours is over dial-up on a first-time download of the entire tree. In any event, it would certainly be faster than downloading and burning the entire 650MB iso image. I did my first FreeBSD install via FTP only a month or so ago. It was so painless, the only reason I will ever get the CD image is if it happens to come with a book. Like I said, I'm a FreeBSD newbie. If I'm in left field, let me know. Jerry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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