Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 10:36:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Bob Boone <bboone@whro.org> Cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 3.0 Questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810201030310.26709-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <362C93C1.C81CF9AB@whro.org>
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On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Bob Boone wrote: > Hi, > > This is the only FreeBSD list I receive, so I need to ask three > questions. This is not the right list for 3.0 questions. > I just built a new webserver Thursday last, from boot.flp/2.2.7, only > to find 3.0 released on Friday. > (1) Do I need / how do I get a "boot.flp" that will build 3.0 instead of > 2.2.7, so I can nuke the Thursday build and start over?? Yes, the 3.0 boot disk is very different. Every release has its own boot disk. 2.2.8 will be the next release. > (2) Do I WANT to move to 3.0 -- is it stable/tested enough for the > "brain trust" to feel comfortable with it for a low/moderate traffic > webserver ?? From what you indicating to me, definitely not. > (3) I'm rebuilding THIS server because I was nuked thru the mail/buffer > overflow hack, but I'm reading that it isn't just popper... that several > pop3 and imap servers will break, and that only sendmail 8.9.1 with the > 1a patch will stop it.... CAN I ADD the sendmail 8.9.1 without breaking > something else ??? are there dependencies in 8.9.1 that either 2.2.7 or > 3.0 won't support ???? It just is just qpopper and UW-imap. Sendmail 8.9.1 has ways of blocking out messages that exploit overrun bugs, but if you are still running old qpopper and/or UW-imap, you are still going to get screwed. The overrun protection in Sendmail is just a bandaid. You can install 8.9.1 on any version of FreeBSD version easily. > Thanks, > > Bob Boone > bboone@whro.org Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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