From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 8 6:31: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D02D37B416 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 06:30:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a033.otenet.gr [212.205.215.33]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.11.5/8.11.5) with ESMTP id fA8EUn027837; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:30:49 +0200 (EET) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fA8EUlp08804; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:30:47 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from charon@labs.gr) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:30:46 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Sudirman Hassan Cc: anthony@atkielski.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011108163046.C2965@hades.hell.gr> References: <001c01c1682b$46102470$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <1515.10.100.98.21.1005210447.squirrel@10.100.3.5> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1515.10.100.98.21.1005210447.squirrel@10.100.3.5> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 05:07:27PM +0800, Sudirman Hassan wrote: >> Giorgos writes: >>> Plus, you can always update to the latest sources >>> after you install FreeBSD, by following the instructions >>> of the Handbook. >> >> Good to know, although I tend to find a stable configuration and then I >> stay on it forever, unless I absolutely must upgrade in order to get some >> new feature that I absolutely require (which is quite rare). FreeBSD 4.3 >> is fine for me for now, unless I discover some horrible defect in it that >> absolutely mandates an upgrade to something more recent. > > lpd vulnerabilites in all release prior 4.4-RELEASE. Have u patch it up? :) > CERT has produce conpedium advisory as well as freebsd advisory > dated 8/30/2001. You might also find the FreeBSD.org page about security useful :) http://www.freebsd.org/security/index.html Following what the advisories posted there recommend, and updating as the need arises, will probably be good enough. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message