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Date:      Tue, 6 Oct 1998 11:57:52 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Nicholas Charles Brawn <ncb05@uow.edu.au>, Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com>
Cc:        freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Status Report on 2.2.6 Giveaway CD's
Message-ID:  <19981006115752.L27781@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981005190111.04196470@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 07:06:08PM -0600
References:  <199810041324.JAA03078@shell.monmouth.com> <Pine.SOL.4.02A.9810061052240.28774-100000@banshee.cs.uow.e du.au> <4.1.19981005190111.04196470@mail.lariat.org>

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On Monday,  5 October 1998 at 19:06:08 -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> At 10:58 AM 10/6/98 +1000, Nicholas Charles Brawn wrote:
>
>> Find out all the vulnerabilities and bugs present in various
>> distributions, and whip up a script that checks for their presence on
>> your system.
>>
>> Tell new users of freebsd to download said script, which will advise
>> them about known bugs and vulnerabilities present in 'x' distribution,
>> and what they are able to do to prevent them and/or patch them.
>
> Newbies won't necessarily know how to download the script, or what to do
> with it. And if they just get a 2.2.6 disk, they won't know that such
> a script exists.
>
> That's why a sticker on the disk would be a good idea.

To be fair, that's not a bad idea.

Greg
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