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Date:      Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:23:37 -0800
From:      Kevin McKay <kevin@dhapdigital.com>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Security question
Message-ID:  <3FBBA719.5010404@dhap.com>
In-Reply-To: <44fzgk4egj.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
References:  <000801c3ae5b$44595cf0$0599a440@linuxops.com> <44fzgk4egj.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>

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So it will not just grab the latest patched binaries for 5.1? I am not 
sure I understand. Is it just for updating between releases and not for 
keeping the current release up to date?

Kevin

Lowell Gilbert wrote:

>"Kevin McKay" <kevin@dhap.com> writes:
>
>  
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>>I have read through the documentation but have not been able to find
>>a definite answer. I am running a pretty core install of 5.1 minimal
>>+ bind9, postfix, apache, ssh, no ports collection. Here is my
>>question. When I run the binary update from sysinstall will that
>>take care of the earlier ssh vulnerability and update apache postfix
>>and bind to the most current version?
>>    
>>
>
>You normally need to run the sysinstall from the version you're
>updating to.  You could configure your system's sysinstall to load in
>the later version, and it should be compatible, but I don't know the
>syntax for that offhand...
>  
>



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