From owner-freebsd-security Thu Jun 3 10:37:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from wopr.caltech.edu (wopr.caltech.edu [131.215.240.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F27C2159AA for ; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 10:37:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mph@wopr.caltech.edu) Received: (from mph@localhost) by wopr.caltech.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) id KAA59582; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 10:37:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mph) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 10:37:31 -0700 From: Matthew Hunt To: Unknow User Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH2 (in FreeBSD-Questions) Message-ID: <19990603103731.G58665@wopr.caltech.edu> References: <37568B58.C48DCEA2@tdnet.com.br> <19990603102427.D58665@wopr.caltech.edu> <375690E3.4BC9BB94@tdnet.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <375690E3.4BC9BB94@tdnet.com.br>; from Unknow User on Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 02:27:47PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 02:27:47PM +0000, Unknow User wrote: > No, i never use ports (Due to security problem)! > i always get the source! The ports get the source, apply patches, and build the source. You can easily read the patches and see if there's anything you don't like. As the patches are much smaller than the source, it shouldn't be a burden. > Any tips? Yes. Take advantage of the fact that dozens of people have invested thousands of hours to make ssh2 and thousands of other applications work well on FreeBSD. Take advantage of the fact that the exact problem you're having is one that we have already solved. Use the Ports Collection, or at least read the patches which address exactly the problem you're having. -- Matthew Hunt * UNIX is a lever for the http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * intellect. -J.R. Mashey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message