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Date:      Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:35:12 +0200
From:      Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@lphp.org>
To:        Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: ports security updates branch
Message-ID:  <3F8FF010.9050600@lphp.org>
In-Reply-To: <20031017130036.GA2337@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
References:  <3F8F9E9C.1070909@lphp.org> <20031017084758.GB3259@rot13.obsecurity.org> <3F8FD0DD.3040404@lphp.org> <20031017130036.GA2337@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>

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Matthew Seaman wrote:
>>However, is there a way to know if one of my installed packages has a 
>>security alert ? I guess not... but we never know...
>
> 
> Subscribe to freebsd-security@... -- FreeBSD security notices cover
> problems with ported applications, as do security alerts when the
> software in question appears in both ports and the base system.

I am subscribed :)
Whenever I use an OS in production, this is the first thing I do...

> Security notices tend to come out fairly infrequently

Yes, it seemed like it.
Ok then, I guess I'll subscribe to one og the security lists on the Net.
The thing is that it is again a bit more work since I have a lot of 
servers to admin and they don't all have the same softwares installed.

Thanks.

Antoine



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