Date: 02 Jan 2003 16:06:48 -0500 From: David Magda <dmagda@magda.ca> To: Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@unixdaemons.com> Cc: Murat Bicer <murat+freebsd@bicer.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Security updates on freebsd stable Message-ID: <863cobfehj.fsf@number6.magda.ca> In-Reply-To: <20021228114843.A14054@unixdaemons.com> References: <3E0DCE12.5020707@tundraware.com> <20021228162832.3F26C17C92@www.fastmail.fm> <20021228114843.A14054@unixdaemons.com>
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Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@unixdaemons.com> writes: > You can do several things, depending on your needs. If these are > production servers then I would not recommend just blindly having them > cvsup RELENG_4 and rebuilding themselves every couple of weeks. > Instead, you may want to have one machine store and NFS export the [...] For production servers the Handbook recommends using RELENG_4_x; where x is the latest release. So now it would be at RELENG_4_7 since FreeBSD 4.7 is the latest release. RELENG_4 may not be the best if you're worried about 1000 servers. In early December there was a thread in this (-stable) mailing list entitled "update strategies" which may be of some interest to the original poster; I recommend you go through the archives and read it -- it has some good advice. -- David Magda <dmagda at ee.ryerson.ca> Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, _The Prince_, Chapter VI To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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