Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 04:36:57 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: David_May@allsolutions.com.au Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Q] distribution of patched binaries for security fixes. Message-ID: <20010726043657.B42611@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <OF4DA81783.35F31A25-ON48256A95.003A491A@allsolutions.com.au>; from David_May@allsolutions.com.au on Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 06:47:21PM %2B0800 References: <OF4DA81783.35F31A25-ON48256A95.003A491A@allsolutions.com.au>
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--DKU6Jbt7q3WqK7+M Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 06:47:21PM +0800, David_May@allsolutions.com.au wro= te: > Hello, I am setting up a FreeBSD machine to track the STABLE branch > and to rebuild the system from time-to-time. The main reason being to > keep track of security related fixes and enhancents.The documentation > covers that quite well. >=20 > But I was wondering what is a good procedure to distribute updated > binaries to other machines. I several have production machines that I > would like to keep up-to-date but do not want to compile source on > every machine. >=20 > Being able to create something like a Windows NT service pack > would be nice :) There are any number of tools you can use to distribute files: tar + scp, rsync, cvsup, 'make release' to make a full installation mirror, etc. If you want to automate the installation further you could create your own packages using pkg_create: this is very easy to do if you use the ports framework. Kris --DKU6Jbt7q3WqK7+M Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7YADYWry0BWjoQKURAvMYAKDG4Nc2806LifWrrezb0w1frRynKACg1s55 yg4P/w6eckDppNTbORkS7gc= =fytW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DKU6Jbt7q3WqK7+M-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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