From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 22 19:50:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8266E16A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:50:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61D2943D48 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:50:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin02-en2 [10.13.10.147]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id iAMJoG1O008447; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:50:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.1.245] (nfw2.codefab.com [199.103.21.225] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0)iAMJoE2w029749; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:50:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20041122125743.00ab8ab8@localhost> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20041121065956.00bff790@cheyenne.wixb.com> <20041121151741.GA33484@xor.obsecurity.org> <3aaaa3a0411211239891d5d7@mail.gmail.com> <20041121231744.GB52114@xor.obsecurity.org> <3aaaa3a0411220659764e78ef@mail.gmail.com> <9395922d041122070611e69de8@mail.gmail.com> <6.2.0.14.2.20041122101615.00ab0358@localhost> <20041122171018.GA41586@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <6.2.0.14.2.20041122111229.02558330@localhost> <20041122185252.GA42729@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <6.2.0.14.2.20041122125743.00ab8ab8@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:50:13 -0500 To: "J.D. Bronson" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: openssl 0.9.7e X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:50:16 -0000 On Nov 22, 2004, at 1:58 PM, J.D. Bronson wrote: > thanks for helping me out. > I wanted to update the base version as this is a NEWER version that > contains bug fixes and maybe some security fixes - But I am not > sure. FreeBSD follows software like OpenSSL, BIND, Sendmail, and so forth closely. Security fixes are rolled into the FreeBSD base version quite rapidly, although you don't have to take my word for it: if you know of an exploit or test case for a problem which affects 0.9.7d and is fixed in 0.9.7e, please run it against 5-STABLE and see for yourself how it does. -- -Chuck