From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 21 08:23:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA18573 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 08:23:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mail.virginia.edu (mail.Virginia.EDU [128.143.2.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id IAA18549 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 08:23:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from atf3r@cs.virginia.edu) Received: from mail.cs.virginia.edu by mail.virginia.edu id aa11486; 21 Nov 97 11:22 EST Received: from stretch.cs.virginia.edu (atf3r@stretch-fo.cs.Virginia.EDU [128.143.136.14]) by ares.cs.Virginia.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA08025 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 11:22:16 -0500 (EST) Received: (from atf3r@localhost) by stretch.cs.virginia.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA27084; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 11:22:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 11:05:25 -0500 (EST) From: "Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" Reply-To: adrian@virginia.edu To: Vladimir Litovka Subject: Re: "LAND" Attack Update In-Reply-To: <653tcv$406$1@grunt.vl.net.ua> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ReSent-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 11:22:11 -0500 (EST) ReSent-From: "Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" ReSent-To: FreeBSD Questions List ReSent-Message-ID: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 21 Nov 1997, Vladimir Litovka wrote: > Hi! > > Aleph One wrote: > > > FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE IS vulnerable > > FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE IS vulnerable > > Is this typo? What difference between 2.2.5-RELEASE and 2.2.5-STABLE ? > AFAIK after releasing 2.2.5 there are no additional releases... > You are partially correct. After the release, there are no more "full releases" that are shipped on CD. At release time, a new development branch is created on which only bug fixes and security fixes are applied. This is the -STABLE branch. It is used mostly by ISP's and people who have to have the latest and greatest version. To be correct and useful the above security vulnerability report should refer to 2.2.5-STABLE-97mmdd, so that we know when the fix has made it into the distribution. STABLE releases are generated about six times per week. You can only get them off of the net as well. Look at releng22.FreeBSD.org. cheers, Adrian -- adrian@virginia.edu ---->>>>| If I were stranded on a desert island, and System Administrator --->>>| I could only have one OS for my computer, Neurosurgical Visualzation Lab -->>| it would be FreeBSD. Think about it..... http://www.nvl.virginia.edu/ ->| http://www.freebsd.org/