From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 15 07:56:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AB82106567E for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:56:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.153]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E30A58FC13 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:56:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so1410956fgb.35 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:56:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ASSZ5c9bvPJbs4FT2C7dxQPvC5H0DX6oNmKa6Q1mVFQ=; b=O7NdP3SqUBBkAnVBDNRIYkTJmzJ03cFxKqYrQ99OMPX6u88mEG5mmuwpqsBUx4AO0b eu3cd2zaw9GR6QHd5vNG7bXo7KLor/o3NsxdxygQN+agmFeSqVkLsw3G1XBWXIXAtli4 0rN7ERk2KKNfx7WIWUxobGzNeWiWVbTsEKXW8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=XXlIl1wbFhaw0NUK1ImRLRSmZhEJH4ANA4KVGUrhKdhoq7rwnRAVwd6NnlfIjl1r3V zDX4mVatsfAufJ88EH0mY8xblLazRWHQG1K5Kb19J6AXb4xpNhyZuUnDyXyQB9LiJgNB HogUYhZiPm0lZSI3Av+5dcFN1tgN4+/jspUu0= Received: by 10.86.80.17 with SMTP id d17mr1660931fgb.47.1218786967646; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:56:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org ( [79.131.198.86]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d6sm6768123fga.2.2008.08.15.00.56.05 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:56:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48A53693.9040303@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:56:03 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080703) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jdd sur free References: <48A52B8D.8060102@free.fr> In-Reply-To: <48A52B8D.8060102@free.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: security updates X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:56:09 -0000 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