Re: How to get the current security updates on CD?
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 20:43:10 -0600
From: Mike Renfro <renfro@tntech.edu>
Cc: debian-security@lists.debian.org
On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 05:20:46PM -0500, kynn@panix.com wrote:
> Hi. I'm doing a fresh Woody installation, and I want it to include
> a reasonably current set of security updates, but I also want to do
> the installation offline. How can I get the security updates in CD
> form? I went to http://www.debian.org/security, but I couldn't find
> anything like CD images.
Options include:
...
2) Set up a private ftp/http mirror of security.debian.org and update
the system from there before connecting it to the internet...
Yes, this is what I would like to do, but I'm not clear on the
mechanics of doing it. Does any Howto describe how to do this? Do I
need root access for the mirror site? Where can I find instructions?
The "Securing Debian" guide says:
...it is best to install without connection to the Internet,
using a local packages mirror for both the Debian package sources
and the security updates. You can set up package mirrors by
using another system connected to the Internet with
Debian-specific tools (if it's a Debian system) like `apt-move'
or `apt-proxy', or other common mirroring tools, to provide the
archive to the installed system.
I can imagine of only two ways for me to do this. Either set up the
mirror on CD-ROM, or else set up an sftp mirror on a machine where
(unfortunately) I don't have root access. It seems to me that the
CD-ROM approach should be easier, but I have not found out a way to
generate a CD mirror from http://security.debian.org. Is it even
doable?
TIA,
KJ
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