Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 12:49:04 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patch/Announcement for DHCPD remote root hole? Message-ID: <20020516174904.GB92757@hellblazer.nectar.cc> In-Reply-To: <20020516045909.GC7616@laptop.lambertfam.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020515101500.00e7fee0@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020509175155.024efc00@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020509175155.024efc00@nospam.lariat.org> <20020515105453K.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020515101500.00e7fee0@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020515132552.0313bbb0@nospam.lariat.org> <20020516045909.GC7616@laptop.lambertfam.org>
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On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 12:59:10AM -0400, Scott Lambert wrote: > Until we get binary patch kits, we just can't do the same thing for > the OS. I am assuming that someone has taken the trouble of diff'ing > the install images between patch levels to see how many files, and > what that translates to in megabytes, would be required for a tarball > that just unpacks over all changed files. I am also assuming that it is > prohibitively large since it is a simple, brute force method. > > My iBook came with OS X 10.1.1. I had to download 40 MB of patches to > get to 10.1.2. Reboot. Download 5 MB of patches to get to 10.1.3. > Reboot. Download 2.5MB of patches to get to 10.1.4. That's not counting > the updates to the included software. Hmm, I just posted another message in this thread with pointers to packages you might play with. The patches are cumulative, so they are larger each time-- but at least you only need the latest. > The last time I installed Solaris, it was a similar process except that > the patch sets always got larger due to their cumulative nature. Oh yeah, like that. Individuals who would like to work on and contribute to making this a robust, ongoing thing can drop us a line at <security-officer@FreeBSD.org>! Cheers, -- Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc> http://www.nectar.cc/ NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal Kerberos jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@FreeBSD.org . nectar@kth.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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