Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 07:10:13 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using portsuprade only for security Message-ID: <ade45ae90905050610l35d1cd59ob2c3e6c7ac57ef2b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b6c05a470905050537r65d39df8u2e192d13e00c9c40@mail.gmail.com> References: <b6c05a470905050537r65d39df8u2e192d13e00c9c40@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com>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 > portaudit does that. watch your periodic mailings after install
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