From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 4 00:39:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A2A316A4CE for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:39:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from dreadful.org (dreadful.org [209.237.255.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E3C543D2F for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:39:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dreadful.org) Received: from dreadful.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dreadful.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A16441146B; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:41:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dan@localhost) by dreadful.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) with ESMTP id i248fK2V006478; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:41:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dreadful.org) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:41:20 -0800 (PST) From: Daniel Spielman To: Michael Vince In-Reply-To: <4046B025.5010603@roq.com> Message-ID: <20040304004042.I1954@dreadful.org> References: <4046B025.5010603@roq.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD source auto patcher script X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Security issues [members-only posting] List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 08:39:40 -0000 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" >