From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 15 18:40: 0 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8673F37B401 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:39:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23B7D43F3F for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:39:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk ([81.103.196.4]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20030216023956.NTVY22267.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk> for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 02:39:56 +0000 Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.1.20030216020837.01ddc3b8@popserver.sfu.ca> X-Sender: cperciva@popserver.sfu.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 02:39:55 +0000 To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Colin Percival Subject: Binary security updates Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On december 25th, I released a "first draft" of a binary security update tool aimed at allowing people to track the security branches without keeping a source tree or recompiling; the response was generally positive, but as I pointed out in my announcement, there were several problems which needed to be fixed. I'm just about finished fixing up all those details, and I intend to release a new version soon and start publishing the necessary updates for i386 4.8-RELEASE when it comes out (not that I expect 4.8-RELEASE to include any security holes, of course ;). These would, of course, be freely available (although I might ask for donations to cover bandwidth costs if I get lots of traffic). Would any FreeBSD developer(s) be willing to help me with this? I'd very much like to have at least one person look over my code and give it some sort of "stamp of approval"; both for my own peace of mind and to make people feel more happy about using it. Colin Percival To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message