From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 21 14:26:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1943B15932 for ; Wed, 21 Apr 1999 14:26:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA18240; Wed, 21 Apr 1999 14:23:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 14:23:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: rdkeys@unity.ncsu.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FBSD 2.2.6 --- any good still for server use? In-Reply-To: <199904211706.NAA00946@cc01du.unity.ncsu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 rdkeys@unity.ncsu.edu wrote: > I was wondering how good FBSD 2.2.6 was relatively for server use, still. > I have a couple of sets left from the dumping a few months back. > Are there any specific reasons it should not be used on an open server? There are 4 outstanding security advisories for 2.2.6, while there are none for 2.2.8. So if you're going to use 2.2.6 you have some patching ahead of you. The upgrade to 2.2.8 is generally seamless, so I suggest it. I do *NOT* suggest upgrading to 3.1 due to the complex configuration and binary type issues. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message