Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:40:10 +0200 From: George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FLAME - security advisories on the 23rd ? uncool idea is uncool Message-ID: <CA%2BdUSyoycONC5yM7ZLKRwLp1W8wtUf%2Bw3yx1V%2BQorpmCcjO3ww@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111223204838.GA43740@in-addr.com> References: <4EF4A75C.2040609@my.gd> <4EF4B2D6.5090206@sentex.net> <4EF4B982.3070207@missouri.edu> <4EF4C08A.3080609@sentex.net> <CA%2BdUSyo4biqKCQnVaD5YSHcY_hA2vE_azqHD4%2B915bXqB9qixQ@mail.gmail.com> <4EF4CB2E.4030109@infracaninophile.co.uk> <CA%2BdUSypTX3LEb2qOk7t9F7femKbWKfwSbJOd58=5vNVJz8wQww@mail.gmail.com> <20111223204838.GA43740@in-addr.com>
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On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 08:55:35PM +0200, George Kontostanos wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Matthew Seaman >> <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: >> > On 23/12/2011 18:05, George Kontostanos wrote: >> >> Are all cvs mirror servers updated regarding these changes ? >> >> >> >> ANYBODY ???? >> > >> > Should have by now. ?Commits usually take about an hour to propagate t= o >> > the official cvsup servers. >> > >> > Easy enough to tell though -- the advisories have all the version >> > numbers in, and you'ld only need to check a file or two from each of >> > them to be reasonably sure you'ld got all the updates. >> > >> > ? ? ? ?Cheers, >> > >> > ? ? ? ?Matthew >> > >> > -- >> > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 7 Priory Courtyard >> > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Flat 3 >> > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey ? ? Ramsgate >> > JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Kent, CT11 9PW >> > >> >> Thanks for the info Matthew. I think though that it is best for all to >> first make sure that the servers all updated before sending out all >> those security advisories. > > I don't believe they're monitored like that. =A0If you want the updates > quickly, download the files referenced in the advisories. =A0My build was > done before my local cvsup server picked up the changes. > > Gary Yes, that's easy if you dealing with one server. But it is very different when you have to apply those patches to 20 different servers that are in different locations. Having a local cvsup server doing this job tends to make updating easier. In any case, and IMHO this was not the proper time for this kind of advisories considering the fact that many companies are in a freeze period. Cheers --=20 George Kontostanos
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