Colin Percival's freebsd-update utility has a number of options/flags that I can't figure out from man freebsd-update or man freebsd-update.conf or freebsd-update.conf.sample
Syntax: freebsd-update [-b basedir] [--branch branchname] [-k KEY] command [URL] -b basedir "Act on a FreeBSD world based at ... basedir" What does this mean? If omitted, what is the default? --branch branchname Possibilities are nocrypto, crypto, ... . The example in Bejtlich's paper www.taosecurity.com/keeping_freebsd_up-to-date.html doesn't use --branch, and yet he implies the default is crypto and that most installations need crypto. Is the default crypto? How would I know what I need? -k KEY "A public key with a given MD5 hash" URL "The URL from which updates are fetched" The above two can also be specified in freebsd-update.conf and the sample file has URL pointing to update.daemonology.net (Colin's web server). Bejtlich states that the KEY and the URL in the .conf file are cooked to get updates from Colin's site, and to use the sample file "if you trust [Colin] to securely build binary updates for you to blindly install ..." Aside from Bejtlich's obvious tongue-in-cheek negativity (they are both security guys after all, and Colin is the FreeBSD security officer), are there other possible sites for updates? How do I figure out a correct value for KEY if I know the URL? Incidentally, the KEY and the URL are required, since they either need to be specified on the command line as in the above syntax or via the configuration file. Finally, freebsd-update must operate on a GENERIC kernel, but does this mean I can still use device.hints? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -gayn Bristol Systems Inc. 714/532-6776 www.bristolsystems.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
