Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:55:05 -0800 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: suporte@wahtec.com.br Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More on freebsd-update (WAS: Is the server portion of freebsd-update open source?) Message-ID: <43672D69.2000208@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200510311625.46334.suporte@wahtec.com.br> References: <20051030120107.CD5CF16A422@hub.freebsd.org> <200510311625.46334.suporte@wahtec.com.br>
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suporte@wahtec.com.br wrote: > 1- if and when freebsd-update will be the official freebsd system binary > update? Like, when it will be part of freebsd structure, with a dedicated > server and stuff? ... It's far better then updating by cvs. FreeBSD Update is now semi-officially supported, in the sense that I make sure that it works but the rest of the security team isn't involved. As I mentioned earlier, I'm planning on rewriting the build code to make it far simpler and more reliable; this will make it possible for someone else to take over if I get hit by a bus, at which point FreeBSD Update will become officially supported. :-) > 2- for future plans, is there any possibility to customize or add some > features to kernels on official freebsd-update server? IPSEC is quite > important on security. Since there isn't a LKM to use IPSEC (correct me if > I'm wrong), when someone compiles the kernel to add it, he looses the > freebsd-update kernel update. Right now I provide prebuilt GENERIC and SMP kernels; I could build some other kernel configurations, but there's obviously a limit to what is practical. After I rewrite the build code I'll have to consult with the release engineering team and the user community about which kernels would be most useful. Colin Percival
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