From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 21 1:30:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9E3C37B40F for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 01:30:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dallben (pcp529856pcs.nash01.tn.comcast.net [68.52.131.181]) by mtaout02.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 13 2002)) with ESMTP id <0GY100980RF703@mtaout02.icomcast.net> for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 04:25:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 03:25:55 -0500 (CDT) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" Subject: Re: inuring FreeBSD to the apache bug without upgrading apache ? In-reply-to: <20020621004953.A80059@xor.obsecurity.org> X-X-Sender: bandix@dallben.homeportal.2wire.net To: Kris Kennaway Cc: Frank Mayhar , Patrick Thomas , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <20020621031948.Y1582-100000@dallben.homeportal.2wire.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 07:33:54PM -0700, Frank Mayhar wrote: >> Kris Kennaway wrote: >> > Surely it's easier to just upgrade the apache port, instead of >> > recompiling your kernel and the entire OS. >> >> Not always. (I'm running an old version of Covalent Raven SSL and I'm >> loathe to upgrade. "If it works, don't fix it" and there are only so >> many hours in a day.) > >The exact same argument can be made for not upgrading the OS, which is >a much larger endeavour and can potentially screw things up much >worse. That's a very valid point. I'm certainly not recommending that Frank upgrade his OS, but I must note that I trust ugprading the entire FreeBSD operating system to be a smoother operation than upgrading one single, solitary commercial closed source package. At least if I'm gonna go about installing a new world I /know/ what I'm getting myself into and that if my box gets screwed up: a) It's probably my fault. b) I can go reading the error messages and Makefiles and figure out what I botched. I have the source. However, I would ask Frank if there's a particular reason he needs to use Covalent Raven SSL. OpenSSL is free, works like gangbusters, and comes with FreeBSD. I have a feeling he'd be much happier with it if there's not some other reason he cannot move to it. Brandon D. Valentine -- http://www.geekpunk.net bandix@geekpunk.net ++[>++++++<-]>[<++++++>-]<.>++++[>+++++<-]>[<+++++>-]<+.+++++++..++ +.>>+++++[<++++++>-]<++.<<+++++++++++++++.>.+++.------.--------.>+. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message