From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 4 16:37:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C04D37B401 for ; Sun, 4 May 2003 16:37:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gw.catspoiler.org (217-ip-163.nccn.net [209.79.217.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7609B43F75 for ; Sun, 4 May 2003 16:37:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from truckman@FreeBSD.org) Received: from FreeBSD.org (scratch.catspoiler.org [192.168.101.3]) by gw.catspoiler.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h44NaoM7023683; Sun, 4 May 2003 16:36:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from truckman@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200305042336.h44NaoM7023683@gw.catspoiler.org> Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 16:36:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Lewis To: neuhauser@bellavista.cz In-Reply-To: <20030504100447.GU12792@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Periodic email about security notifications X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 23:37:57 -0000 On 4 May, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # keramida@ceid.upatras.gr / 2003-05-03 23:49:38 +0300: >> A friend asked me a while ago on IRC if it was possible to receive >> periodic email notifications with new security advisories. >> >> The following script for /etc/periodic/security implements exactly >> this idea. > > besides being cool, what advantages has this over subscribing to > the freebsd-announce mlist? :) I was going to suggest the same thing. Also, this proposal won't scale very well. Think about what happens when the zillions of machines in each time zone all attempt to contact the ftp server at the same time.