Author: matthew Date: 2005-07-09 04:08:22 -0600 (Sat, 09 Jul 2005) New Revision: 6461
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml trunk/BOOK/chapter09/whatnow.xml trunk/BOOK/general.ent Log: Add information concerning tracking security issues and new package versions (Steve Crosby) Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2005-07-08 22:54:40 UTC (rev 6460) +++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2005-07-09 10:08:22 UTC (rev 6461) @@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ </itemizedlist> </listitem> +<listitem><para>July 9th, 2005 [matt]: Added information regarding security +mailing lists and freshmeat to chapter09/whatnow.xml. Fixes bug 1583. Thanks +to Steve Crosby for the report and the suggested text.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>July 8th, 2005 [matt]: Updated to udev-062.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>July 8th, 2005 [matt]: Updated to linux-libc-headers-2.6.12.0.</para></listitem> Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter09/whatnow.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/chapter09/whatnow.xml 2005-07-08 22:54:40 UTC (rev 6460) +++ trunk/BOOK/chapter09/whatnow.xml 2005-07-09 10:08:22 UTC (rev 6461) @@ -16,6 +16,36 @@ list of resources for you.</para> <itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>Maintenance</para> + +<para>Bugs and security notices are reported regularly for all software. +As an LFS system has been compiled from source, it is up to you to keep +abreast of such reports. There are several online resources that track +such reports, some of which are shown below:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>Freshmeat.net (<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/"/>)</para> + +<para>Freshmeat can notify you (via email) of new versions of packages installed on your system.</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem><para>CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team)</para> + +<para>CERT is a mailing list that publishes security alerts concerning various +operating systems and applications. Subscription information is available at +<ulink url="http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/signup.html"/>.</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem><para>Bugtraq</para> + +<para>Bugtraq is a full-disclosure computer security mailing list. It publishes +newly discovered security issues, and occasionally potential fixes for them. +Subscription information is available at +<ulink url="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive"/>.</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> +</listitem> + <listitem><para>Beyond Linux From Scratch</para> <para>The Beyond Linux From Scratch book covers installation Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2005-07-08 22:54:40 UTC (rev 6460) +++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2005-07-09 10:08:22 UTC (rev 6461) @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!ENTITY version "SVN-20050708"> -<!ENTITY releasedate "July 08, 2005"> +<!ENTITY version "SVN-20050709"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "July 09, 2005"> <!ENTITY milestone "6.2"> <!ENTITY generic-version "svn"> <!-- Use "svn", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" --> -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
