Re: FreeBSD Security Survey


As an administrator, time is always an issue. FreeBSD has proven
itself time and again. Having said that, one "wish" would be to
have
a default/built-in security update mechanism.
Since time is always and issue, if the system could by default
(without an admin having to write scripts and/or apps, or manually
update) update itself for both system and installed ports/packages,
it
likely would reduce security issues exponentially.
This of course would be a massive project/challenge. Varying system
and kernel configurations alone would make this a huge challenge,
not
to mention the potential security implications.

Time is an issue indeed, but I reckon you would have to spend time even if a "default/built-in" mechanism for updates was in place. You would still have to consider new features and do further tweaking of .conf files and yet even write your own apps again to facilitate new needs with the new features.
Might be wrong, but anything "auto-magic" sounds like not a very good idea, saves time probably in the short term, but I''m not sure that's what you want...

thanos

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