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|       <para>Before installing any application, you should check <ulink | ||||
| 	url="http://vuxml.freebsd.org/"></ulink> for security issues | ||||
| 	related to your application.</para> | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|       <para>You can also install <filename | ||||
| 	role="package">security/portaudit</filename> which will | ||||
| 	automatically check all installed applications for known | ||||
| 	vulnerabilities, a check will be also performed before any port | ||||
| 	build.  Meanwhile, you can use the command <command>portaudit | ||||
| 	-F -a</command> after you have installed some | ||||
| 	packages.</para> | ||||
|     </warning> | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     <para>The remainder of this chapter will explain how to use | ||||
|  | @ -754,6 +762,18 @@ R-deps: </screen> | |||
| 	  an up-to-date ports collection and you should check <ulink | ||||
| 	  url="http://vuxml.freebsd.org/"></ulink> for security issues | ||||
| 	  related to your port.</para> | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| 	<para>A security vulnerabilities check can be automatically | ||||
| 	  done by <application>portaudit</application> before any new | ||||
| 	  application installation.  This tool can be found in the | ||||
| 	  ports collection (<filename | ||||
| 	  role="package">security/portaudit</filename>).  Consider | ||||
| 	  running <command>portaudit -F</command> before installing a | ||||
| 	  new port, to fetch the current vulnerabilities database.  A | ||||
| 	  security audit and an update of the database will be | ||||
| 	  performed during the daily security system check.  For more | ||||
| 	  informations read the &man.portaudit.1; and &man.periodic.8; | ||||
| 	  manual pages.</para> | ||||
|       </warning> | ||||
| 
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|       <sect3 id="ports-cd"> | ||||
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