From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 5 13:10:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAB301065677 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 13:10:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 306288FC21 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 13:10:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so4455375bwz.43 for ; Tue, 05 May 2009 06:10:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=oJTfca5NUuA0r5pwBQnELnIXlNQ1WhIKpfH6WmqaSXw=; b=vPlsUWndH2jpgmHLxO2ZN2Mj25JEdflQ3cJV8Qd2q492IQDfghN7dEd1gWIDgxCyCt mEcP8U2hdkwjmYWmddMKXTC4R+cbhUNrLK85fMWFmRtC0xORNMCVC8gXA06se/obimyg 6FRGZ2G8HxIEd8LVp+h85QHoFQaTSqu+nGe/M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=D0U3Aw+SDBms43i0/cmBooGDz+RytkHK//TvRn2sFZsu8lWqUR4UWxwACR36ixUKNU XCqjeoXX8oFtFoCgSVKG36PDgYoj4XEW6QoBR3QBCof2lW7WJnbSVoQcAtcNIVojMJOs ZW8E1teoJ9SR52+y+1SoXVHX6XXv+Qqp/Htr4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.94.18 with SMTP id x18mr24090vcm.118.1241529028212; Tue, 05 May 2009 06:10:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Tim Judd Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 07:10:13 -0600 Message-ID: To: Daniel Underwood Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using portsuprade only for security X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 13:10:31 -0000 On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > I ran a portsupgrade scan, and was presented with a long list of > installed ports and whether an update was available. In general, I > prefer not to update ports/packages between FreeBSD releases. An > obvious exception to this general rules is the patching of security > vulnerabilities; of course not all available updates are security > fixes. > > So my question is: how or where can I monitor security > vulnerabilities? Or, how can I keep my system up-to-date with respect > to security, without applying every non-security update? > > Thanks, > Daniel > portaudit does that. watch your periodic mailings after install