Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:56:03 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> To: jdd sur free <jdanield@free.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: security updates Message-ID: <48A53693.9040303@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48A52B8D.8060102@free.fr> References: <48A52B8D.8060102@free.fr>
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jdd sur free wrote: > Hello :-) > I'm new to freeBSD, so forgive me if my question is boring :-( > > I just discover than my computer hosting company allow the use of > freeBSD > (http://www.ovh.com/fr/particulier/items/distributions/free_bsd.xml?sort=bsd&gm=pop) > on they cheap (20¤/month > http://www.ovh.com/fr/particulier/produits/kimsufi08.xml) systems. > > until now I used on my hosted computer my linux of choice, that is > openSUSE, but on a cheap, that is with little power, server, openSUSE > is overkill > > so I plan to use freBSD soon. > > However, as said, I don't now yet freeBSD. I have some sort of > experience of openBSD, but only on old fashioned computer (SS1, > SS20...) but I think there will not be major difference and I plan > anyway to install freebsd on virtualbox first to test it. > > I'm an old linux hacker and compiling is not really a problem, even if > I feel better without :-) > > so then, my question: what about security updates? with openSUSE I > have an automatic update. For freeBSD, I didn't find anything on this > archive list and the google search sent me to old doc (2003) > > http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/binup.html > > where is freeBSD in this respect? > > thanks > jdd > The FreeBSD base system gets security updates through freebsd-update, very easily: freebsd-update fetch freebsd-update update (assuming you install a -RELEASE version) For third party applications (what you install from ports or packages) you can use a variety of utilities to update / check them: ports-mgmt/portaudit will warn you when an installed application has a known security problem ports-mgmt/portupgrade will allow you to upgrade any (or all) applications to their latest versions. There are quite a few more programs that deal with application install/upgrade, I suggest you have a look at the ports-mgmt directory
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