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| author | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-07-09 10:08:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-07-09 10:08:22 +0000 |
| commit | 786aeb2066b47a796dd0c45c1b6063e7eed3d929 (patch) | |
| tree | e55b4e0c22af0211552db7f58331d21dbdd33ca1 | |
| parent | 99654e81c8f0218b2b935d9725f834240612a08c (diff) | |
Add information concerning tracking security issues and new package versions (Steve Crosby)
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@6461 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter09/whatnow.xml | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | general.ent | 4 |
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 1eb8f44a6..b1fc456b5 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para> </itemizedlist> </listitem> +<listitem><para>July 9th, 2005 [matt]: Added information regarding security +mailing lists and freshmeat to chapter09/whatnow.xml. Fixes bug 1583. Thanks +to Steve Crosby for the report and the suggested text.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>July 8th, 2005 [matt]: Updated to udev-062.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>July 8th, 2005 [matt]: Updated to linux-libc-headers-2.6.12.0.</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter09/whatnow.xml b/chapter09/whatnow.xml index 4df9d0cad..096b5f2cd 100644 --- a/chapter09/whatnow.xml +++ b/chapter09/whatnow.xml @@ -16,6 +16,36 @@ creation process.</para> list of resources for you.</para> <itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>Maintenance</para> + +<para>Bugs and security notices are reported regularly for all software. +As an LFS system has been compiled from source, it is up to you to keep +abreast of such reports. There are several online resources that track +such reports, some of which are shown below:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>Freshmeat.net (<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/"/>)</para> + +<para>Freshmeat can notify you (via email) of new versions of packages installed on your system.</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem><para>CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team)</para> + +<para>CERT is a mailing list that publishes security alerts concerning various +operating systems and applications. Subscription information is available at +<ulink url="http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/signup.html"/>.</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem><para>Bugtraq</para> + +<para>Bugtraq is a full-disclosure computer security mailing list. It publishes +newly discovered security issues, and occasionally potential fixes for them. +Subscription information is available at +<ulink url="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive"/>.</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> +</listitem> + <listitem><para>Beyond Linux From Scratch</para> <para>The Beyond Linux From Scratch book covers installation diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent index 4ba336ea2..1eaab7637 100644 --- a/general.ent +++ b/general.ent @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!ENTITY version "SVN-20050708"> -<!ENTITY releasedate "July 08, 2005"> +<!ENTITY version "SVN-20050709"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "July 09, 2005"> <!ENTITY milestone "6.2"> <!ENTITY generic-version "svn"> <!-- Use "svn", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" --> |