Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 18:43:18 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Jesper Wallin <jesper@hackunite.net> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About the FreeBSD Security Advisories Message-ID: <20050406014318.GA17090@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <1477.213.112.198.172.1112751249.squirrel@mail.hackunite.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 03:34:09AM +0200, Jesper Wallin wrote: > Hello.. > > I've noticed a delay between when the security advisories are sent and > when the cvsup servers, ftp mirrors and web mirrors are updated. Is this > delay on purpose to give the users some time to update/patch their > system(s) before it hit pages like bugtraq, etc.. or is it just a caused > by the delay between when the ftp/cvsup servers are synced? The mirrors are updated automatically, i.e. on a regular schedule determined by their individual administrators. They're not resynched specially when a security advisory is released. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCUz62Wry0BWjoQKURApo3AKDltJ+uVXgh+Y9o4bZL4Q5lP/VXjwCgxWBx F/3P+IL6sE/JSNSM+cIH/7M= =2NoH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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