From owner-freebsd-security Sat Aug 11 8: 0:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from bilver.wjv.com (dhcp-1-159.n01.orldfl01.us.ra.verio.net [157.238.210.159]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69AA037B407 for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 08:00:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bill@bilver.wjv.com) Received: (from bill@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f7BF0GS49436 for security@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 11:00:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bill) Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 11:00:15 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RELEASE 4.3 -> RELENG_4_3: SUCCESSFULLY but ... Message-ID: <20010811110015.D49164@wjv.com> Reply-To: bv@wjv.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from owner-freebsd-security-digest@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 09:03:24PM -0700 Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:55:18 -0400 (EDT) > From: Jim Durham > Subject: Re: RELEASE 4.3 -> RELENG_4_3: SUCCESSFULLY but ... > > On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, alexus wrote: > > > i'm more or less newbie here > > can you explain me why would you ever want to > > do cvsup+rebuild kernel every friday? what's wrong with your old > > kernel? > The tag "RELENG_4_3" means that cvsup only incorporates security > fixes to the kernel. This is meant for "production servers", where > you want to fool around with things the least amount possible. "If > it ain't broke, don't fix it" . 8-) . > This is about the only way to keep up with security fixes properly. > There's a new exploit happening all the time. > Actually, I watch this list for advisories and then do a cvsup. > I don't do it on a schedule, but others do. > As I said, I'm leery of updating a system running multi-user. > I'm too old for the adrelelin rush Care to say just how old that might be - I'll never see 50 again so I'd like to know what at what age I need to start worrying about this :-) Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message