Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 13:21:45 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RELENG_4_3 calls itself -RELEASE? Message-ID: <2.1-7761648-395-A-OEWW@smtp-server.mmcable.com>
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ian j hart wrote: >> Leaving it at -RELEASE isn't all that bad. The original complaint was >> that it was a surprise. As others have noted, we deal with that kind >> of thing all the time. Either way, -RELEASE is what's approved by the >> release engineer. We will have to change the documentation to match, >> though. > When you log on and MOTD tells you you have 4.3-RELEASE how do you > know _which_ 4.3-RELEASE you have. The one with a broken telnetd or > the one without. (You need to check the date of course). If it says -FOO, how do you know which one it is? The only thing changing the name eliminates is the unpatched case. > What if you have x00 4.3-RELEASE machines to secure? Checking files > will take a lot longer than reading the MOTD and the build date. That > assuming you haven't been rooted already of course. ;) The same way you do if you have a bunch of x00 4.3-FOO machines to secure. If you really want to test with telnet, you can set the login banner yourself. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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