From owner-freebsd-security Sun Dec 17 4: 2: 5 2000 From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 04:02:01 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from jamus.xpert.com (jamus.xpert.com [199.203.132.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CC8737B400 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 04:01:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from roman (helo=localhost) by jamus.xpert.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #5) id 147cUl-0004tD-00; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 14:00:51 +0200 Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 14:00:51 +0200 (IST) From: Roman Shterenzon To: Roger Marquis Cc: Subject: Re: Security Update Tool.. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org It has nothing to do with FreeBSD security, since sun numbers its patches. e.g. patchid-patchrevision, for example: 123456-11 There's nothing much to look at. On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Roger Marquis wrote: > > My question is, is there a util yet that in theory (maybe if so, or if > > someone writes one would work differently than what I'm imagining) queries a > > central database with all the security advisories, checks the local system > > for comparisons and vulnerabilities against that database and reports to the > > user who ran the util. > > Before reinventing the wheel interested developers might check the > reference implementation, Sun's Patchdiag: > > http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/private-cgi/show.pl?target=resources/patchdiag > > (NOTE: this URL does require a SunSolve account) > > -- > Roger Marquis > Roble Systems Consulting > http://www.roble.com/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > --Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant [ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message