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On 9/30/11 6:39 PM, Mike Brown wrote:
> FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote:
>> FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix                                       Security Advisory
>> [...] 
>> 2) To update your vulnerable system via a source code patch:
>> [...] 
>> c) Recompile your kernel as described in
>> <URL:http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html> and reboot the
>> system.
>>
>> 3) To update your vulnerable system via a binary patch:
>>
>> Systems running 7.4-RELEASE, 7.3-RELEASE, 8.2-RELEASE, or 8.1-RELEASE on
>> the i386 or amd64 platforms can be updated via the freebsd-update(8)
>> utility:
>>
>> # freebsd-update fetch
>> # freebsd-update install
> 
> Quick question: after running freebsd-update install, do I reboot for this 
> one, or not?

You should need to, because the patch affects the kernel.

-- 
Glen Barber