FreeBSD 6.2-BETA1 Available
Massimo Lusetti
massimo at cedoc.mo.it
Wed Sep 20 09:35:47 PDT 2006
On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 12:12 -0400, Ken Smith wrote:
> A few things to note about BETA1:
>
> - Be aware that FreeBSD-SA-06:21.gzip was released after
> the -BETA1 builds started, and the gunzip(1) binaries
> included are consequently vulnerable to the attacks
> described in that advisory."
[..]
> - FreeBSD Update, a binary security update tool, was
> recently imported into the FreeBSD base system, and the
> FreeBSD Security Team is building binary security updates
> for the i386 platform. Users are encouraged to test this.
That's a perfect situation for testing this new feature, I'll test this
as soon as binary security updates goes public.
BTW thanks for bringing this to us.
Best regards
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