Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 19:01:49 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com>, CyberPsychotic <fygrave@krsu.edu.kg> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel dies. Message-ID: <19980714190149.A1062@klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980714103353.5923H-100000@bright.ny.otec.com>; from Alfred Perlstein on Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 10:35:14AM -0500 References: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980714171347.8108A-100000@unslaved.freenet.bishkek.su> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980714103353.5923H-100000@bright.ny.otec.com>
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On Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 10:35:14AM -0500, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > it's REALLY time you upgraded. 2.2.1 has accumilated a long list of holes, > you are vulnerable to several TCP/IP DoS attacks as well as > vulnerabilities in the userland tools > > get a copy of 2.2.6 (maybe 2.2.7, it' out i heard) you should be fine update /usr/src using cvsup cd /usr/src make buildworld make installworld That's the advantage of FreeBSD over xxx ... ;-) Fine tune /etc/rc scripts on demand with things in /usr/src/etc manually ... New is the main config file rc.conf instead of system.conf (if I remember right) ... -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ? http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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