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Date:      Fri, 2 Jul 2010 16:18:33 -0400
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To:        Ed Flecko <edflecko@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fwd: Staying up to date with security patches
Message-ID:  <20100702201833.GA38699@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimbVFhayl8GRMSpTPAVeA80WHe76HL2wAktysh5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 01:13:24PM -0700, Ed Flecko wrote:

> Thanks Bill!
> 
> :-)
> 
> How will I know if there have been security updates that have been
> released (which means I need to sync & rebuild) since I've installed
> the O.S.? For example, I'm running 8.0, and I'll bet there's been
> security releases since I first installed. Or...should you just get in
> the habit of syncing / updating after you install any particular
> release?

Sign up on the freebsd-announce list.
There may be a couple of other lists of interest to such as bugs and
 freebsd-security-notifications 

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     http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL

////jerry

> 
> Ed
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