Just installed 3.0 for the first time
pat
I am new to openbsd am I have a few basic questions.
I down loaded openbsd 3.0 the other day and I am trying to figure out what
version I have. That is to say if any patches have been applyed. I have been
to the patch page and some go back many weeks . Does openbsd update there
down load section for the os every so often or do they just have a base and
you must review each patch alert to see if it applies to you and them you
apply all patches that do. For example there are 17 alerts currently for all
platforms as well as 1 for i386. If , for example only, I felt I need all
these patches would I need to install all of them if I had just down loaded
the OS today or are some off them already been updated into the os. If so
how would I verify this.
I am going to try to set up a pf w/nat. I have found some nice documentation
from openbsd that I think will help me. However they refer serveral times to
weather or not something has been compiled into the kernel. How can I check
if something has in deed be compiled into the kernel I have installed?
This same reference shows me how to recompile my kernel as well as down load
the kernel source from there cd. I however do not have there cd, can I down
load the source from the net and if so where?
I am studying the cvs system for openbsd however I am wondering how it
communicates with the source server. This is in regard to security isses. It
is a security risk to set up a cvs on a firewall for example. Are there
secure ways to update your firewall if not. I guess I am a little parinoid
about automajic things but on the same vain I can see a real need to keep
some boxes like a firewall tuned up with lates security patches. I am still
very much in a learning mode for this service and am having a hard time
finding basic info on the security aspects of cvs systems.
Take Care
Pat
Hey
/pub/OpenBSD/3.0/ just look around. Untar it in /usr
read the Anoncvs, you can also cvs the source with something like this
setenv CVSROOT ano...@anoncvs.ca.openbsd.org:/cvs
cd /usr
cvs -q get -P src
change src to ports if you need it.
Hope it helps