From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 2 20:16:28 2010 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 29FEA106564A for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2010 20:16:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F09388FC08 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2010 20:16:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1BBD1F7429 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2010 16:16:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 16:16:26 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20100702161626.8f6a8546.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20100702160301.81621ead.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Organization: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.18.7; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Fwd: Staying up to date with security patches 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, 02 Jul 2010 20:16:28 -0000 In response to Ed Flecko : > How will I know if there have been security updates that have been > released (which means I need to sync & rebuild) since I've installed > the O.S.? For example, I'm running 8.0, and I'll bet there's been > security releases since I first installed. Or...should you just get in > the habit of syncing / updating after you install any particular > release? http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories.html -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/