From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 20 13:43:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7746516A4BF; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:43:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A599443FBD; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:43:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mobile.pittgoth.com (acs-24-154-229-196.zoominternet.net [24.154.229.196]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h7KKhpvd041510; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:43:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:26:16 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Marc Fonvieille Message-Id: <20030820162616.2e0b53a2.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030820201133.GC560@nosferatu.blackend.org> References: <3F43B127.2030807@yahoo.com> <20030820201133.GC560@nosferatu.blackend.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.3claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Greg Weiss cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: feedback, security documentation X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:43:54 -0000 On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:11:33 +0200 Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 01:34:31PM -0400, Greg Weiss wrote: > [...] > > > > Perhaps a 10.3.10 section, titled "Check regularly for security advisories", > > with at a minimum, something like this: > > > >

Keeping your system updated with the latest security patches > > is an important aspect of system security. You may want to > > subscribe to various email lists for this purpose. You can > > find FreeBSD security advisories within the release notes > > of the latest version of FreeBSD, at: > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.8R/errata.html > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/errata.html > >

> > > > I hope you will accept this constructive cricism in the positive light it > > is intended. Thanks for the fine work. > > > > It is indeed a really good idea. I will add this section with some > additions in the Handbook. > Heh, and this was one of the issues I was planning to address while working on this chapter; during the Kerberos5 addition. -- Tom Rhodes