From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 10:46:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9A7116A4CF for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:46:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from tx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk (tx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.167]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6494E43D68 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:45:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from scan3.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.2.166] helo=localhost) by tx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AlBjN-0004DP-OQ for chat@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:45:05 +0000 Received: from rx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.2.165]) by localhost (scan3.oucs.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.166]) (amavisd-new, port 25) with ESMTP id 15916-06 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:45:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.161.253]) by rx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AlBjN-0004DM-B1 for chat@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:45:05 +0000 Received: (qmail 24190 invoked by uid 0); 26 Jan 2004 18:45:04 -0000 Received: from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk by gateway by uid 71 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (sweep: 2.14/3.71. spamassassin: 2.53. Clear:. Processed in 9.615512 secs); 26 Jan 2004 18:45:04 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk via gateway X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.16 (Clear:. Processed in 9.615512 secs) Received: from dhcp1131.wadham.ox.ac.uk (HELO piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk) (163.1.161.131) by gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk with SMTP; 26 Jan 2004 18:44:54 -0000 Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.1.20040126183938.046fcec0@imap.sfu.ca> X-Sender: cperciva@imap.sfu.ca (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:44:48 +0000 To: Paul Robinson From: Colin Percival In-Reply-To: <40152488.8070309@iconoplex.co.uk> References: <4013EA9D.6040808@cream.org> <20040125134151.M52260@mail.tacorp.net> <20040125185753.GA12995@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <40141B3D.9070901@cream.org> <20040125194721.GA28036@xor.obsecurity.org> <40143CC3.6010709@cream.org> <401514D3.7020808@iconoplex.co.uk> <6.0.1.1.1.20040126133123.0465b398@imap.sfu.ca> <40152488.8070309@iconoplex.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Less messages to FreeBSD.org lists X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:46:01 -0000 At 14:30 26/01/2004, Paul Robinson wrote: >Colin Percival wrote: >> I'd say that a more useful option would be to add code which >>"pings" a server every day with a request for binary security >>updates. > >Oooh.... now we're heading into the realms of Windows Update, and >we know how badly that can behave at times. Yes and no. Windows Update can behave badly. But I'm not talking about Windows Update; I'm talking about FreeBSD Update, which is very well behaved (and *much* faster, for that matter). Colin Percival