Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:39:14 +0800 From: "James Lim" <jameslpin@pacific.net.sg> To: "Anil Jangity" <aj@entic.net>, "jrz" <jrz@cnmnetwork.com> Cc: <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Security Update Tool.. Message-ID: <005e01c066f8$9da172a0$fa5e78cb@gchang> References: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0012151640360.17244-100000@mars.entic.net>
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Hi all,
brilliant idea
James Lim
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Anil Jangity" <aj@entic.net>
To: "jrz" <jrz@cnmnetwork.com>
Cc: <security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: Security Update Tool..
> I think he was looking for something a little more "automated". Something
> like IE's "Window's update" for freebsd ;-)
>
> I don't think its too difficult to do this, all you do is do ident on any
> binaries that are on the local system and compare the version with the
> version string in the advisories... the advisory might need some
> formatting changes?
>
> just thinking out loud.
>
>
> Fri, 15 Dec 2000 (4:41pm -0800) Message:
>
> @ >> My question is, is there a util yet that in theory (maybe if so, or
if
> @ >> someone writes one would work differently than what I'm imagining)
queries a
> @ >> central database with all the security advisories, checks the local
system
> @ >> for comparisons and vulnerabilities against that database and reports
to the
> @ >> user who ran the util.
> @ >>
> @ >> ie, sacheck -H sa-host.freebsd.org
> @
> @ would be fairly easy to write a shell or perl script that checks for
current
> @ advisories and prints it out in pretty format.
> @
> @ -jrz
> @
> @
> @
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