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Date:      Tue, 05 May 2009 15:55:12 +0300
From:      Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr>
To:        Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using portsuprade only for security
Message-ID:  <4A003730.10702@otenet.gr>
In-Reply-To: <b6c05a470905050537r65d39df8u2e192d13e00c9c40@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <b6c05a470905050537r65d39df8u2e192d13e00c9c40@mail.gmail.com>

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Daniel Underwood wrote:
> I ran a portsupgrade scan, and was presented with a long list of
> installed ports and whether an update was available. In general, I
> prefer not to update ports/packages between FreeBSD releases. An
> obvious exception to this general rules is the patching of security
> vulnerabilities; of course not all available updates are security
> fixes.
>
> So my question is: how or where can I monitor security
> vulnerabilities? Or, how can I keep my system up-to-date with respect
> to security, without applying every non-security update?
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>   
User ports-mgmt/portaudit
This will report any installed port with security issues. It will even
run from periodic, sending this info via email.



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