Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 13:52:19 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Rafter Man <rafter@linuxmail.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3 in 1 Message-ID: <20020511105219.GA563@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20020511104201.29183.qmail@linuxmail.org> References: <20020511104201.29183.qmail@linuxmail.org>
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On 2002-05-11 18:42, Rafter Man wrote: > > 1. I have just installed 4.5-Release and know that there must have > been found some security bugs it. Because I am running a server I > cannot follow the Stable branch, so I only upgrade the system between > the Releases, but of cause I want to be secure. I am subscribed to the > FreeBSD mailing lists regarding security, but how do I find every > security bug in my 4.5 Release? I have found > http://www.freebsd.org/security/index.html#adv does it hold all the > security bugs in 4.5-Release? So if I path the 14 bugs found I am > up-to-date? You can always update your sources with CVSup to the security branch of 4.5-RELEASE by using the tag RELENG_4_5 (as opposed to RELENG_4 which would fetch you 4.5-STABLE). The security branch is exactly what you mentioned. The 4.5-RELEASE source plus security fixes. > 2. Why do syslogd have to bind to port 514? My system is not > log-server so all syslogd have to do is write to /var/log, so I can't > see why it should bind to a port. It's not mandatory. You can turn it off with an option. Read the manpage of syslog and look at the description of -s. > 3. Will sftp-server use /etc/ftpchroot in the future? Can't tell. I'm not using sftp-server. Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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