Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 20:12:47 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: hawkeyd@visi.com, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:21.tcpip Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20020418200936.023fedd0@nospam.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <200204190149.g3J1nOb01496@sheol.localdomain> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020418141843.021d1540_nospam.lariat.org@ns.sol.net> <20020418182218.GA35672_peitho.fxp.org@ns.sol.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20020418141843.021d1540_nospam.lariat.org@ns.sol.net>
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At 07:49 PM 4/18/2002, D J Hawkey Jr wrote: >OK, I believe it was mentioned already, but was rather glossed over: > >For any one "snapshot", be it a major.minor-RELEASE, or -RELEASE-pN, >have you - or anyone - any idea just how many snapshots would be required? One. >Some systems are IDE/ATAPI, others are SCSI, some are both, and some are >RAID. You want a snapshot kernel supporting all that, if yours is just >an internet gateway? What're the possible permutations of supported DASD? I'm afraid I don't understand. What are you talking about? >What are the possible permutations of NICs? > >What of optimizations for particular CPUs? > >So, how many kernels should be "snaphot"d? And who's to make that call? You obviously misunderstand what we've been referring to when we use the word "snapshot." A "snapshot," in this context, is a build of FreeBSD from a particular day's sources. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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