Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 13:45:04 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>, "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@cisco.com>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Version question/request Message-ID: <20000715134504.E84045@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200007151007.EAA46560@harmony.village.org> References: <20000715115404.D92785@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <200007150511.XAA01511@billy-club.village.org> <200007150550.e6F5o0P02257@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <20000715115404.D92785@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <200007151007.EAA46560@harmony.village.org>
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--o0ZfoUVt4BxPQnbU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Warner Losh wrote: > You wouldn't have to CVSUP anything. there's be a database maintained > by the security officer that would contain known bad version ranges. > The script would contact a central database server, or one of the > mirrors, grab the whole database (since it will be relatively small), How do you suggest that will work for those of us without permanent Internet connections? Not all the world has cheap/free net access, you know. I suggest making it optional -- either use a local database, which you can cvsup, or use the central database for those with a permanent network connection. --=20 Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D FreeBSD Documentation Project / --o0ZfoUVt4BxPQnbU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: 2zp30rKh+LxXE0q1lKAyGX67tdKZM2Q9 iQCVAwUBOXBczysPVtiZOS99AQE/NQP/TdlUbdtJ2dDzN/z/mD2XkCo2YRPbvz61 u8Fep7c7XS4Dnks790PVAQgz0ZU3AIqoMHsTdGTMr+6cSh9l+hpesRjJE97QuOhD 5IhgIpoVC4NbbbDfFclYEt6u0bglK6unmClBb2Hb8L0XKyx4J9fIvju8it2Hc0Yb wiQb91EoaVc= =H7lU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --o0ZfoUVt4BxPQnbU-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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