Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 20:59:43 -0500 (EST) From: Jeff Gentry <freebsd@hexdump.org> To: Mikhail Kruk <meshko@cs.brandeis.edu> Cc: Anil Jangity <aj@entic.net>, jrz <jrz@cnmnetwork.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Security Update Tool.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012152058170.12122-100000@hellfire.hexdump.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0012151959380.1733-100000@daedalus.cs.brandeis.edu>
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Mikhail Kruk wrote:
> I'm not sure that many people would like that kind of automation, but what
> is really missing IMHO is ability to mark ports whichs are insecure and
> add some option to pkg_info which will check all installed packages. I
> think OpenBSD has exacty this, no?
I don't think it has to be automated *and* "behind the covers" ...
I think a 2 stage process would be good -> first stage figures out what
(if any) you need, and if possible, explains why. The 2nd stage would
allow you to apply changes if you wanted to or not.
--
Jeff Gentry jester@hexdump.org gentrj@hexdump.org
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