Thanks Steve. I agree to that as well. I have managed a few servers and have always tried to maintain a manual security check system.
Would you be interested in checking this product out? Devraj > On 09/02/2005, at 9:23 AM, Devraj Mukherjee wrote: >> Does glsa-check or any other tool do that at the moment? > > glsa-check has a big problem that renders it almost unusable for me. > > You have to do a "emerge sync" to get the latest security warnings, > which then means that subsequent compiles on that machine will use > different versions than the baseline. > > There needs to be a way to only perform the security updates without > updating the whole machine. I understand that packages already > installed don't need to be updated, but this caveat applies to > installing packages after the unrelated security updates. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > CRICOS Provider Number 00123M > ------------------------------------------------ > This email message is intended only for the addressee(s) > and contains information that may be confidential and/or > copyright. If you are not the intended recipient please > notify the sender by reply email and immediately delete > this email. Use, disclosure or reproduction of this email > by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly > prohibited. No representation is made that this email or > any attachments are free of viruses. Virus scanning is > recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient. > > -- Devraj Mukherjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administration Group, Eternity Technologies Pty. Ltd. P O Box 5949 WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650 Australia Voice: +61-2-69717131 / Fax: +61-2-69251039 http://eternitytechnologies.com
