ports vulnerabilities

2004-11-17 Thread Dan Mahoney, System Admin
I had heard a bit about the new "vulnerability check" in FreeBSD's ports. I tried reading /usr/ports/updating and saw something like: Description: A new vulnerabilities database has been added to the ports system in order to keep more accurate, up-to-date, track of security vulnerabilities. T

Re: ports vulnerabilities

2004-11-18 Thread Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: I had heard a bit about the new "vulnerability check" in FreeBSD's ports. I tried reading /usr/ports/updating and saw something like: Description: A new vulnerabilities database has been added to the ports system in order to keep more accurate, up-to-date, track

Re: ports vulnerabilities

2004-11-18 Thread Simon L. Nielsen
On 2004.11.18 12:27:38 -0600, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > > >I tried to install a port which had a conflict (ImageMagick) > >but I didn't feel the vulnerability was significant enough to > >warrant waiting for a new port to be created. I looked in > >