Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 03:32:06 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Periodic email about security notifications Message-ID: <20030505003206.GB76968@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <200305042336.h44NaoM7023683@gw.catspoiler.org> References: <20030504100447.GU12792@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <200305042336.h44NaoM7023683@gw.catspoiler.org>
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On 2003-05-04 16:36, Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >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. This is true. I've worked with Jacques Vidrine to make a version that downloads the list off the web site [ http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/ ] as the URL of the advisory list, but it's still something that might not scale too well :-/
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