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Feature #15198

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System_Patches package should advertize on the dashboard, or send notifications, if there are recommended patches available

Added by Ronald Antony 5 months ago. Updated 4 months ago.

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Rejected
Priority:
Normal
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-
Category:
System Patches
Target version:
-
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Description

As non-full-time sysadmin, not only do I not regularly monitor the dashboard, I do even less regularly (read: never) look at the system_patches page to see if there are patches that need/should be applied.

It would be extremely useful if the package would notify on the dashboard or by some other mechanism (e.g. e-mail) that patches are waiting, this is particularly important, if the patch is a security issue, like e.g.:

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/184941/terrapin-ssh-attack

Had I not been perusing the forums for some utterly unrelated reason I would have remained unaware of the matter, and my system would remain unpatched.

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