Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 20:47:36 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Periodic email about security notifications Message-ID: <20030505194736.GA18393@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20030504221814.GB75721@gothmog.gr> References: <20030503204938.GA3907@gothmog.gr> <20030504163154.GA1502@madman.celabo.org> <20030504221814.GB75721@gothmog.gr>
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On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 01:18:14AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2003-05-04 11:31, "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 11:49:38PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> A friend asked me a while ago on IRC if it was possible to receive
> >> periodic email notifications with new security advisories.
> >>
> >> The following script for /etc/periodic/security implements exactly this
> >> idea. It depends on lynx(1) to run, which isn't part of the base
> >> system, so I'm not sure if it's ok to add it to the base system at all.
> >> Here it is for anyone who might find it useful though:
> >
> > Hey, that's great, Giorgos!
> > But how come you are not using www/en/security/advisories.xml ?
>
> The XML file might not be available locally, and it isn't available
> online unless I do funny stuff with cvsweb.
There's no reason why we couldn't install as part of the web build it if it
makes things easier though.
Ceri
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