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Date:      Sun, 17 Dec 2000 14:00:51 +0200 (IST)
From:      Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com>
To:        Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>
Cc:        <security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Security Update Tool..
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.30.0012171359410.18757-100000@jamus.xpert.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012162228020.12522-100000@roble.com>

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It has nothing to do with FreeBSD security, since sun numbers its patches.
e.g. patchid-patchrevision, for example: 123456-11
There's nothing much to look at.

On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Roger Marquis wrote:

> > My question is, is there a util yet that in theory (maybe if so, or if
> > someone writes one would work differently than what I'm imagining) queries a
> > central database with all the security advisories, checks the local system
> > for comparisons and vulnerabilities against that database and reports to the
> > user who ran the util.
>
> Before reinventing the wheel interested developers might check the
> reference implementation, Sun's Patchdiag:
>
>  http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/private-cgi/show.pl?target=resources/patchdiag
>
> (NOTE: this URL does require a SunSolve account)
>
> --
> Roger Marquis
> Roble Systems Consulting
> http://www.roble.com/
>
>
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--Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant
[ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ]



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