On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 08:43:56AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 09:27:54AM +0200, Philippe Lang wrote: > > > > I have just installed a new Debian Etch server, supposed to replace a > > FreeBSD 6 server soon. > > > > There are a few things I miss on the Debian box, and I wonder if there > > is a way of having that on Debian too: > > [...] > > > > 2) Under freebsd, ports can be checked against vulnerabilities with a > > simple command: > > How does your freebsd box know today's vulnerabilities? It probably > accesses the freebsd repository. On debian, you do and aptitude update. > I always run aptitude interactively (just type aptitude with no > arguments), then hit 'u' to update. When its finished, if there are any > security updates, there will be a section right at the top called > "security updates". You can also subscribe to the debian security > announce mailing list to get email warnings. cron-apt will mail you output of its nightly run. It will include a list of all currently available updates for your system. If you are running stable, the only updates you'll get will be security updates... A
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