June 21, 2012

FreeBSD makes use of security/vuxml to keep track of vulnerabilities within software. If you install ports-mgmt/portaudit, your daily security summary email will note any reported vulnerabilities that exist within your installed ports. I recommend that you install mgmt/portaudit on all your systems. If you are running jails, I recommend that you install ports-mgmt/jailaudit on your […]

It takes FreshPorts about an hour to process an entire vuln.xml file. There is a lot of work to do. Let’s cut that up. Usually, a new vuln is being added, or an existing vuln is being changed. It was suggested by someone, I cannot recall who, that we could store a checksum for each