Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:16:40 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Brad Mettee <bmettee@pchotshots.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update from 7.0 to 7.2? Message-ID: <20090629191640.GC3248@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20090629140002.02ee3cb8@mail.pchotshots.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20090629140002.02ee3cb8@mail.pchotshots.com>
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--vOmOzSkFvhd7u8Ms Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 02:05:29PM -0400, Brad Mettee wrote: > If a system is stable and ports are up to date, serving mail & web pages = as=20 > needed, is there any reason to update from this: > FreeBSD ns1.pchotshots.com 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24= =20 > 10:35:36 UTC=20 > 2008 root@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >=20 > To something newer? (like 7.2 stable) >=20 > Would there be any noticeable benefit from an update? =20 It depends. There are vulnerabilities in kernel and userland fixed between 7.0-RELEASE and 7.2-RELEASE-p2. See http://security.freebsd.org/advisories.html If any of these vulneratbilities affect your system you should see if there are workarounds mentioned. If not it would be best to upgrade.=20 If you subscribe tot the freebsd-announce mailing-list, you'll be warned when a vulnerability is found. You can then judge if it is wise to apply the fix. In general, I would follow the minor version branch (RELENG_7_X, 7.2-RELEASE-pX) to pick up fixes for vulnerabilities. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --vOmOzSkFvhd7u8Ms Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkpJExgACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVleACdFrOA9s9rNMLWGqOYF7nI1DgW KG8AnjS2ZeNUU+zN0hVy5mi/Pd3Vo6MM =BlhS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vOmOzSkFvhd7u8Ms--
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