Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:24:41 +0000 From: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCSjhEOxsoQg==?= <bunchou@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Erik Cederstrand <erik@cederstrand.dk> Subject: Re: Secure update of /usr/src Message-ID: <478A5769.8000904@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <cb5b777d0801130926j56a20c5bx2a19555edd7ff071@mail.gmail.com> References: <cb5b777d0801130217r6467751ay634d0111617afc05@mail.gmail.com> <4789F7DE.9090905@cederstrand.dk> <cb5b777d0801130414l1f1427cekb49ee29a46140bf7@mail.gmail.com> <478A238A.4060106@cederstrand.dk> <cb5b777d0801130926j56a20c5bx2a19555edd7ff071@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, 文鳥 wrote: > 08/01/13 に Erik Cederstrand<erik@cederstrand.dk> さんは書きました: >> 文鳥 wrote: >>> 2008/1/13, Erik Cederstrand <erik@cederstrand.dk>: >>>> 文鳥 wrote: >>>>> Hello all, >>>>> >>>>> is there any way to securely follow the STABLE branch of FreeBSD, e.g. >>>>> a cryptographically signed distribution method like portsnap? Afaik, >>>>> the usual update methods (CVSup, etc.) do not include any >>>>> authentication / integrity checking. Am I missing something here? >>>> freebsd-update(8) is portsnap for the base system. However, you can only >>>> follow RELEASE branches, not STABLE. >>>> >>>> Erik < <snip> >> Erik >> > Yes, I am aware of that fact. However, 7.x STABLE is the only version > apart from CURRENT that I was able to get working reliably on the > hardware in question. And alas, even though the system in question is > used for testing only,I am still bound by the company security policy > in this matter... Guess I will have to wait until 7.0 is released. > Thanks for your help in this matter. > I'm not suer how often its updated but you can to a limited degree follow the RELENG_7_0 branch via freebsd-update already (see http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-11-freebsd-major-version-upgrade.html) However I'd say overall you may be better waiting for the release. Vince _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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