Re: security advisories and the creating time of my system

2005-03-02 Thread Stevan Tiefert
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 06:53:21PM +0100, Stevan Tiefert wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Nathan, > > > > > > > > I need the date/time to decide if I need to download a version from the > > > > ftp-server in belief I would not need to patch my system anymor

Re: security advisories and the creating time of my system

2005-03-02 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 06:53:21PM +0100, Stevan Tiefert wrote: > > > Hello Nathan, > > > > > > I need the date/time to decide if I need to download a version from the > > > ftp-server in belief I would not need to patch my system anymore. But you > > > are writing there is a better method to de

Re: security advisories and the creating time of my system

2005-03-02 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire . Net LLC
Gruss On Mar 2, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Stevan Tiefert wrote: $FreeBSD: src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c,v 1.92 2003/10/26 04:36:47 peter Exp $ Basically, if your sources, or the particular source file in question, are not newer than correction date listed in the security alert then you need to follow th

Re: security advisories and the creating time of my system

2005-03-02 Thread Stevan Tiefert
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 06:25:48PM +0100, Stevan Tiefert wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 05:03:35PM +0100, Erik Norgaard wrote: > > > > Nathan Kinkade wrote: > > > > >>The security advisory give me

Re: security advisories and the creating time of my system

2005-03-02 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 06:25:48PM +0100, Stevan Tiefert wrote: > On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 05:03:35PM +0100, Erik Norgaard wrote: > > > Nathan Kinkade wrote: > > > >>The security advisory give me the possibility to patch my system or to > > > >>downlo

Re: security advisories and the creating time of my system

2005-03-02 Thread Stevan Tiefert
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 05:03:35PM +0100, Erik Norgaard wrote: > > Nathan Kinkade wrote: > > >>The security advisory give me the possibility to patch my system or to > > >>download the "patched" FreeBSD via ftp. How can I recognize which creation > > >

Re: security advisories and the creating time of my system

2005-03-02 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 05:03:35PM +0100, Erik Norgaard wrote: > Nathan Kinkade wrote: > >>The security advisory give me the possibility to patch my system or to > >>download the "patched" FreeBSD via ftp. How can I recognize which creation > >>time the running system has? > > > >Try the command `u

Re: security advisories and the creating time of my system

2005-03-02 Thread Erik Norgaard
Nathan Kinkade wrote: The security advisory give me the possibility to patch my system or to download the "patched" FreeBSD via ftp. How can I recognize which creation time the running system has? Try the command `uname -v`. AFAIK this command tells you the build time, but now how fresh the source

Re: security advisories and the creating time of my system

2005-03-02 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 04:29:31PM +0100, Stevan Tiefert wrote: > Hello list, > > in the handbook is described how to handle security advisories. I still > have a question. :-) > > The security advisory give me the possibility to patch my system or to > download the "patched" FreeBSD via ftp. How

security advisories and the creating time of my system

2005-03-02 Thread Stevan Tiefert
Hello list, in the handbook is described how to handle security advisories. I still have a question. :-) The security advisory give me the possibility to patch my system or to download the "patched" FreeBSD via ftp. How can I recognize which creation time the running system has? With regards Ste