From: Lowell Gilbert (freebsd-security-localbe-well.ilk.org)
Date: Wed Nov 09 2005 - 08:49:22 CST

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Carlos Silva aka |Danger_Man| <full-disclosurecsilva.org> writes:

> Can someone explain how to apply security patches on the system
> without rebooting the machine?
>
> I guess that I cant patch the kernel without compiling and rebooting
> the machine, so the only way is with iptables and keeping the daemons
> "fresh"?

I think it would better to look at it this way: you can't apply a
patch without stopping and restarting whatever the patch is part of.
For the kernel, that obviously does require rebooting. But it depends
on what the patch is; security advisories usually describe how to
apply fixes or workarounds. http://www.freebsd.org/security/#adv
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