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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