Chapter 19. Keeping Up to Date with FreeBSD

IN THIS CHAPTER

Every operating system has to have a way of keeping up with the times. Administrators need to get security patches, bug fixes, and support for new technologies into their installed systems without waiting for new full releases, which can take anywhere from six months to three years or more in the operating system world. In today’s “Internet time” environment, however, hackers can compromise systems within hours of a security breach announcement, ...

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