Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:12:50 -0700 From: David Kirchner <dpk@dpk.net> To: Cody Holland <cholland@redmoonbroadband.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patch vs. Upgrade Message-ID: <35c231bf0510121012m1541b79ao7634243ed9eaf529@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B3EE484EEA4F344BBB62F831648998646786A@corpsrv.RedMoon.local> References: <4B3EE484EEA4F344BBB62F831648998646786A@corpsrv.RedMoon.local>
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On 10/12/05, Cody Holland <cholland@redmoonbroadband.com> wrote: > I'm still pretty new to the BSD world and wanted to throw out a question > to see what kind of responses I get. What is everyones take on what to > do when security vulnerabities are discovered. Do you upgrade your > source (not always the easiest thing to do) or patch. What are the pros > and cons of patching? We patch the source and rebuild the bare minimum of software. Rebuilding world (ie: everything) is an extreme step which, logically, should only be taken as a last resort. At least, in a production environment. If this is just a toy computer, or a desktop, rebuilding world is probably not so bad.
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