tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post4276457002196075127..comments2023-10-16T06:06:25.012-04:00Comments on TaoSecurity Blog: FreeBSD Binary Upgrade NewsRichard Bejtlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13512184196416665417noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-83575083134659255222007-11-15T00:10:00.000-05:002007-11-15T00:10:00.000-05:00I've noticed some of those issues in my environmen...I've noticed some of those issues in my environment, where access to the web passes through some transparent Blue Coat proxies. freebsd-update eventually completes without errors, but it must be run repeatedly. We believe it has to do with caching of metadata, as all repository-based OS updates we've tried (ubuntu/debian apt-get, fedora/redhat yum, freebsd-updates) exhibit issues.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to changes to see what they fix. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-27142544524183584722007-11-12T23:06:00.000-05:002007-11-12T23:06:00.000-05:00In the past phttpget had issues with proxies which...In the past phttpget had issues with proxies which did not implement HTTP/1.1 correctly; but I recently added workarounds which appear to fix that problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-52832628737679366542007-11-12T13:26:00.000-05:002007-11-12T13:26:00.000-05:00The tool freebsd-update is a great tool. However f...The tool freebsd-update is a great tool. However freebsd-update and portsnap are still reported to not work very well behind some proxies. Whether its the fault of the pipelined http client (phttp) used by both tools or the proxy itself, is unknown.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998755598722686389noreply@blogger.com