Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 10:39:37 -0400 From: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> To: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Survey Message-ID: <174B87B3-AD67-48C8-B44F-90F0BC8093C3@khera.org> In-Reply-To: <20060521231657.O6063@abigail.angeltread.org> References: <4471361B.5060208@freebsd.org> <20060521231657.O6063@abigail.angeltread.org>
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--Apple-Mail-1-436769299 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On May 22, 2006, at 12:38 AM, Brent Casavant wrote: > So, in short, that's why *I* rarely update ports for security reasons. Another valid reason is configuration management. We run web services, and in order to ensure nothing breaks, we have to use a fixed set of code. Upgrading any piece of that requires many steps, including verifying functionality and checking for regressions, etc. Basically we have to run our full regression tests on any changes, then roll them out in a controlled fashion minimizing down time. --Apple-Mail-1-436769299--
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