Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:04:47 -0700 (PDT) From: patl@phoenix.volant.org To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Automatic updates Was: Why is there no info on the QPOPPER hack? Message-ID: <ML-3.3.900961487.7363.patl@asimov> In-Reply-To: <199807201740.LAA20525@lariat.lariat.org>
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> At 11:28 AM 7/20/98 -0500, you wrote: > > >You don't expect all of your software to automaticly upgrade for you, do > >you? > > That's a darn good idea. Several Windows apps do this already. Why not > the FreeBSD ports? You obviously haven't seen any of the flack Micro$oft is getting about this 'feature'. Most third parties are recommending turning it off. (The biggest problem seems to be that it doesn't track enough of the system config info to make sure the updated version is actually compatible with the rest of the system.) Also, can you say 'major security hole'? Sure you can. -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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