Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 10:05:03 +0800 From: "James Lim" <jameslpin@pacific.net.sg> To: "Jeff Gentry" <freebsd@hexdump.org>, "Mikhail Kruk" <meshko@cs.brandeis.edu> Cc: "Anil Jangity" <aj@entic.net>, "jrz" <jrz@cnmnetwork.com>, <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Security Update Tool.. Message-ID: <00a701c06704$9ae4f440$fa5e78cb@gchang> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012152058170.12122-100000@hellfire.hexdump.org>
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Hi all,
Seems like today we have 2 ideas, ports autoupdate utility (
security checks too ) as well as for the src base itself?
James Lim
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Gentry" <freebsd@hexdump.org>
To: "Mikhail Kruk" <meshko@cs.brandeis.edu>
Cc: "Anil Jangity" <aj@entic.net>; "jrz" <jrz@cnmnetwork.com>;
<security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: Security Update Tool..
> On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Mikhail Kruk wrote:
> > I'm not sure that many people would like that kind of automation, but
what
> > is really missing IMHO is ability to mark ports whichs are insecure and
> > add some option to pkg_info which will check all installed packages. I
> > think OpenBSD has exacty this, no?
>
> I don't think it has to be automated *and* "behind the covers" ...
> I think a 2 stage process would be good -> first stage figures out what
> (if any) you need, and if possible, explains why. The 2nd stage would
> allow you to apply changes if you wanted to or not.
>
> --
> Jeff Gentry jester@hexdump.org gentrj@hexdump.org
> SEX DRUGS UNIX
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