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author | Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-08-02 00:09:41 +0000 |
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committer | Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-08-02 00:09:41 +0000 |
commit | 08e23bee1accccd3053b4009f0a5f384f68a6ad5 (patch) | |
tree | 4ef003dcae9e1440e8345a59c95d94fd94e53509 /usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 | |
parent | 2cc8ab2a83eccbc77a2c20c9609c391ae4fb055f (diff) | |
download | src-08e23bee1accccd3053b4009f0a5f384f68a6ad5.tar.gz src-08e23bee1accccd3053b4009f0a5f384f68a6ad5.zip |
Add "IDS" command to freebsd-update. This was present in the original
version of freebsd-update, but I took it out when I rewrote everything
and added FreeBSD Update to the base system because I didn't think it
was useful. It turns out that quite a few people liked it and wanted
it back.
Requested by: Royce Williams + others
MFC after: 2 weeks
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=181142
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 b/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 index f50d36a84ada..589886edd4c2 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 @@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ case there are any special steps needed for upgrading. Install the most recently fetched updates or upgrade. .It Cm rollback Uninstall the most recently installed updates. +.It Cm IDS +Compare the system against a "known good" index of the +installed release. .El .Sh TIPS .Bl -bullet @@ -144,6 +147,14 @@ to /etc/crontab will check for updates every night. If your clock is set to UTC, please pick a random time other than 3AM, to avoid overly imposing an uneven load on the server(s) hosting the updates. +.It +In spite of its name, +.Cm +IDS should not be relied upon as an "Intrusion Detection +System", since it if the system has been tampered with +it cannot be trusted to operate correctly. +If you intend to use this command for intrusion-detection +purposes, make sure you boot from a secure disk (e.g., a CD). .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/etc/freebsd-update.conf" |