fail to fetch vulnxml file each night, as seen in daily security, run output.

[William A. Mahaffey III]

On 09/02/15 09:05, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> Hello list;
>
> I get the following message in the daily security run output on both 
> my 10.1 and 10.2 systems. Both which were installed from scratch using 
> a cdisc1.iso file.
>
> Checking for packages with security vulnerabilities:
> pkg: http://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/vuln.xml.bz2: No route to host
> pkg: cannot fetch vulnxml file
>
> -- End of security output --
>
>
> Is this normal by design?


'No route to host' means networking issue. I get the same thing whenever 
I disconnect my Cable modem overnight, which I often do. Make sure your 
networking is working AOK overnight when that fetch is attempted.


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