From owner-freebsd-security Sat Dec 16 12:47: 4 2000 From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 12:47:02 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from homer.softweyr.com (bsdconspiracy.net [208.187.122.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1762337B400 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 12:47:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=softweyr.com ident=Fools trust ident!) by homer.softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 147OIH-0000Tz-00; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 13:51:01 -0700 Sender: wes@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <3A3BD5B4.B1B10FEE@softweyr.com> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 13:51:00 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mikhail Kruk Cc: Anil Jangity , jrz , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Security Update Tool.. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 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? The way to keep the operating system up to date is with CVSup and make world. A tool to scan all the installed ports and compare against the current ports tree, plus security advisories for ports, would be nice. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message