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Replace 2001 statistics with 2002 statistics.

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Update the list subscription instructions to reflect the mailman switch.
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" [
<!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/security/security.sgml,v 1.129 2003/03/25 13:11:26 nectar Exp $">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/security/security.sgml,v 1.130 2003/03/30 22:08:20 dannyboy Exp $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Security Information">
<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes;
]>
<!-- $FreeBSD: www/en/security/security.sgml,v 1.129 2003/03/25 13:11:26 nectar Exp $ -->
<!-- $FreeBSD: www/en/security/security.sgml,v 1.130 2003/03/30 22:08:20 dannyboy Exp $ -->
<html>
&header;
@ -280,17 +280,14 @@ After a couple of days and some testing, the fix is retrofitted into
the supported FreeBSD-stable branch(es) and an advisory is then sent
out.</P>
<P>Some statistics about advisories released during 2001:</P>
<P>Some statistics about advisories released during 2002:</P>
<UL>
<LI>A total of 68 advisories were released, covering both the base
system and the optional third party applications included in the
Ports Collection.</LI>
<LI>26 advisories of various severity were issued for the base system,
with the remaining 42 relating to optional third party applications
available in the Ports Collection.</LI>
<LI>8 advisories described vulnerabilities found only in FreeBSD.
The remaining 60 were problems shared with at least one other OS
<LI>44 advisories of varying severity were issued for the base system.</LI>
<LI>12 advisories described vulnerabilities found only in FreeBSD.
The remaining 32 were problems shared with at least one other OS
(often due to shared code).</LI>
<LI>6 security notices were issued, covering a total of 95 issues in
optional third party applications included in the Ports Collection.</LI>
</UL>
<P>Advisories are sent to the following FreeBSD mailing lists:</P>
@ -579,25 +576,16 @@ FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE released.
<P>If you are administering or using any number of FreeBSD systems, you
should probably be subscribed to one or more of the following lists:</P>
<PRE>
freebsd-security General security related discussion
freebsd-security-notifications Security notifications (moderated mailing list)
</PRE>
Send mail to <A HREF="mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">
majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG</A> with
<PRE>
subscribe &lt;listname&gt; [&lt;optional address&gt;]
</PRE>
in the body of the message in order to subscribe yourself.
For example:
<PRE>
% echo "subscribe freebsd-security" | mail majordomo@FreeBSD.org
</PRE>
and if you would like to unsubscribe from a mailing list:
<PRE>
% echo "unsubscribe freebsd-security" | mail majordomo@FreeBSD.org
</PRE>
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD><A HREF="http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security">freebsd-security</A></TD>
<TD>General security related discussion</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><A HREF="http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security-notifications">freebsd-security-notifications</A></TD>
<TD>Security notifications (low-volume moderated list)</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<A NAME=spg></A>
<H2>Secure Programming Guidelines</H2>