Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 15:53:57 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Periodic email about security notifications Message-ID: <20030504125357.GB699@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <20030504100447.GU12792@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <20030503204938.GA3907@gothmog.gr> <20030504100447.GU12792@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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On 2003-05-04 12:04, Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> wrote: ># keramida@ceid.upatras.gr / 2003-05-03 23:49:38 +0300: >> A friend asked me a while ago on IRC if it was possible to receive >> periodic email notifications with new security advisories. >> >> The following script for /etc/periodic/security implements exactly this >> idea. > > besides being cool, what advantages has this over subscribing to the > freebsd-announce mlist? :) Probably none. This is why I didn't try to get this committed and just posted it on a list somewhere. I got a few improvements in private email and will probably just add this to a web page somewhere with the new changes that make it depend on ftp(1) instead of lynx(1) (from the ports collection). The only good thing I can think is that letting a script automatically check the list of advisories somewhere is something that you can't forget to do, and being notified with a simple URL to check instead of a multi-page mail message from security-announce was what my friend had originally asked for :)
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