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}]" 
-->
 

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