From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 5 12:47:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9213B37B401; Mon, 5 May 2003 12:47:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust38.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A4F443F3F; Mon, 5 May 2003 12:47:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.12) id 19Clw0-0004u1-00; Mon, 05 May 2003 20:47:36 +0100 Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 20:47:36 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Giorgos Keramidas Message-ID: <20030505194736.GA18393@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Giorgos Keramidas , "Jacques A. Vidrine" , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org References: <20030503204938.GA3907@gothmog.gr> <20030504163154.GA1502@madman.celabo.org> <20030504221814.GB75721@gothmog.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030504221814.GB75721@gothmog.gr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: "Jacques A. Vidrine" cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Periodic email about security notifications X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 19:47:38 -0000 On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 01:18:14AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2003-05-04 11:31, "Jacques A. Vidrine" 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 -- User: DO YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR? Iniaes: Sure, I can accept all forms of payment. -- www.chatterboxchallenge.com