Feature #4264
closed
Make distinction between general & security updates, while applying the latter automatically
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Description
Current pfSense setup does not make a distinction between security updates and general updates. The latter requires a reboot more often.
It would offer better security (certainly concerning the recent SSL vulnerabilities) to give the user the possibility to let the security updates apply automatically.
(daily/weekly/monthly)
Maybe detect if a reboot would be necessary and email the user before applying if necessary?
Updated by Chris Buechler about 10 years ago
- Status changed from New to Closed
some of that falls into work Renato's doing for 2.3 and newer in improving the update system in general. The remainder isn't really possible - we've never had only security update releases, they always have at least some non-security fixes (as is the norm for such software). Pretty much every release we've ever put out has some security-related component as well. So there isn't any differentiation along those lines to be made.