Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 16:36:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org> To: neuhauser@bellavista.cz Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Periodic email about security notifications Message-ID: <200305042336.h44NaoM7023683@gw.catspoiler.org> In-Reply-To: <20030504100447.GU12792@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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On 4 May, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # keramida@ceid.upatras.gr / 2003-05-03 23:49:38 +0300: >> 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. > > besides being cool, what advantages has this over subscribing to > the freebsd-announce mlist? :) I was going to suggest the same thing. Also, this proposal won't scale very well. Think about what happens when the zillions of machines in each time zone all attempt to contact the ftp server at the same time.
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