From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 23 00:21:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA27998 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 23 Nov 1997 00:21:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from peeper.my.domain ([208.128.8.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA27993 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 1997 00:21:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@peeper.my.domain) Received: (from tom@localhost) by peeper.my.domain (8.8.8/8.7.3) id CAA12320; Sun, 23 Nov 1997 02:20:54 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19971123022051.40259@my.domain> Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 02:20:51 -0600 From: Tom Jackson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "LAND" Attack Update References: <653tcv$406$1@grunt.vl.net.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <653tcv$406$1@grunt.vl.net.ua>; from Vladimir Litovka on Fri, Nov 21, 1997 at 02:04:47PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, Nov 21, 1997 at 02:04:47PM +0200, 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... > > -- > Vladimir Litovka , hostmaster of vl.net.ua > ------------ *Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you* Release is the point where the cdrom is put out. Stable is the subsequent bug fixes and enhancements made by the dvelopment people working on stable. Check the handbook at /usr/share/doc or on www.freebsd.org. Tom