Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:27:37 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Chris Howells <lists@chrishowells.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should I upgrade to 4.9? Message-ID: <20031030182737.GE29685@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <2636.138.253.231.154.1067528344.squirrel@www.netweaver.net> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20031029175012.00a81670@pop.voyager.net> <20031029230105.GA13477@rot13.obsecurity.org> <2636.138.253.231.154.1067528344.squirrel@www.netweaver.net>
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--8vCeF2GUdMpe9ZbK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 03:39:04PM -0000, Chris Howells wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 05:52:09PM -0500, Dragoncrest wrote: >=20 > > Do you need to update it (security advisories, etc)? If yes, then > > update. If no, then don't ;-) I wrote the above, not "dragoncrest". Please don't mung attributions :) > Considering that security fixes will be back ported to the 4.8 branch, > your comment doesn't make much sense. Keep it at 4.8, there's probably > nothing really useful in 4.9, and you just risk breaking more stuff. Except I didn't say that. What I asked was whether considerations like security advisories make it worthwhile for the OP to upgrade. For example, if they are running stock 4.8-R, there are several serious vulnerabilities on their system, and upgrading in some form is recommended. Kris --8vCeF2GUdMpe9ZbK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/oVgYWry0BWjoQKURAkOxAKC6KI9q/k3yE6ff5PFEbdm35r9isQCg1qfM /E3LZMKdgse0WihekcEKXPM= =YPc1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8vCeF2GUdMpe9ZbK--
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