Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:41:20 -0800 (PST) From: Daniel Spielman <dan@dreadful.org> To: Michael Vince <michael@roq.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD source auto patcher script Message-ID: <20040304004042.I1954@dreadful.org> In-Reply-To: <4046B025.5010603@roq.com> References: <4046B025.5010603@roq.com>
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Sounds like my job, will it monitor 24/7 /var/log/messages too ? :) On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Michael Vince wrote: > Hi all > I thought I would let you people know of a script that I coded that > facilitates security patch updating on FreeBSD. When I wrote it I > decided to called it Quickpatch for some reason even though because its > source based its not necessarily the least bit quick at all :) I had > kept it for my self for a while but I was recently provoked to release > it as it could do greater good being out there on the net, because its > in Perl its quite hackable for custom needs. > > http://www.roq.com/projects/quickpatch/ > > It has the ability to do a range of different update tasks. These > features include the ability to easily verify (using PGP) any and all > advisories, easy setup and use of CVSUP for source and ports tree > updates. Ability to extract all the useful data out of the official > FreeBSD security advisories, such as necessary patch commands, security > advisory topic, exact hours since the patch was made/released, then can > create ready to run patch files or display/email a full report of that > information. Also, it can optionally apply the patch files with no > attendance. Because its highly cronable you can schedule in a 'patch > mode' kernel recompile and reboot at early morning hours to minimize > down time inconvenience to others. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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