diff --git a/etc/defaults/periodic.conf b/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
index 4dc247812879..5dd7fa974e2a 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ daily_status_include_submit_mailq="YES"			# Also submit queue
 
 # 450.status-security
 daily_status_security_enable="YES"			# Security check
-# See "Security options" below for more options
+# See also "Security options" below for more options
+daily_status_security_inline="NO"			# Run inline ?
+daily_status_security_output="root"			# user or /file
 
 # 460.status-mail-rejects
 daily_status_mail_rejects_enable="YES"			# Check mail rejects
@@ -163,59 +165,78 @@ daily_local="/etc/daily.local"				# Local scripts
 # Security options
 
 # These options are used by the security periodic(8) scripts spawned in
-# 450.status-security above.
-daily_status_security_inline="NO"			# Run inline ?
-daily_status_security_output="root"			# user or /file
-daily_status_security_logdir="/var/log"			# Directory for logs
-daily_status_security_diff_flags="-b -u"		# flags for diff output
+# daily and weekly 450.status-security.
+security_status_logdir="/var/log"			# Directory for logs
+security_status_diff_flags="-b -u"			# flags for diff output
+
+# Each of the security_status_*_enable options below can have one of the
+# following values:
+# - NO
+# - daily: only run during the daily security status
+# - weekly: only run during the weekly security status
 
 # 100.chksetuid
-daily_status_security_chksetuid_enable="YES"
+security_status_chksetuid_enable="YES"
+security_status_chksetuid_period="daily"
 
 # 110.neggrpperm
-daily_status_security_neggrpperm_enable="YES"
+security_status_neggrpperm_enable="YES"
+security_status_neggrpperm_period="daily"
 
 # 200.chkmounts
-daily_status_security_chkmounts_enable="YES"
-#daily_status_security_chkmounts_ignore="^amd:"		# Don't check matching
+security_status_chkmounts_enable="YES"
+security_status_chkmounts_period="daily"
+#security_status_chkmounts_ignore="^amd:"		# Don't check matching
 							# FS types
-daily_status_security_noamd="NO"			# Don't check amd mounts
+security_status_noamd="NO"				# Don't check amd mounts
 
 # 300.chkuid0
-daily_status_security_chkuid0_enable="YES"
+security_status_chkuid0_enable="YES"
+security_status_chkuid0_period="daily"
 
 # 400.passwdless
-daily_status_security_passwdless_enable="YES"
+security_status_passwdless_enable="YES"
+security_status_passwdless_period="daily"
 
 # 410.logincheck
-daily_status_security_logincheck_enable="YES"
+security_status_logincheck_enable="YES"
+security_status_logincheck_period="daily"
 
 # 460.chkportsum
-daily_status_security_chkportsum_enable="NO"	# Check ports w/ wrong checksum
+security_status_chkportsum_enable="NO"		# Check ports w/ wrong checksum
+security_status_chkportsum_period="daily"
 
 # 500.ipfwdenied
-daily_status_security_ipfwdenied_enable="YES"
+security_status_ipfwdenied_enable="YES"
+security_status_ipfwdenied_period="daily"
 
 # 510.ipfdenied
-daily_status_security_ipfdenied_enable="YES"
+security_status_ipfdenied_enable="YES"
+security_status_ipfdenied_period="daily"
 
 # 520.pfdenied
-daily_status_security_pfdenied_enable="YES"
+security_status_pfdenied_enable="YES"
+security_status_pfdenied_period="daily"
 
 # 550.ipfwlimit
-daily_status_security_ipfwlimit_enable="YES"
+security_status_ipfwlimit_enable="YES"
+security_status_ipfwlimit_period="daily"
 
 # 610.ipf6denied
-daily_status_security_ipf6denied_enable="YES"
+security_status_ipf6denied_enable="YES"
+security_status_ipf6denied_period="daily"
 
 # 700.kernelmsg
-daily_status_security_kernelmsg_enable="YES"
+security_status_kernelmsg_enable="YES"
+security_status_kernelmsg_period="daily"
 
 # 800.loginfail
-daily_status_security_loginfail_enable="YES"
+security_status_loginfail_enable="YES"
+security_status_loginfail_period="daily"
 
 # 900.tcpwrap
-daily_status_security_tcpwrap_enable="YES"
+security_status_tcpwrap_enable="YES"
+security_status_tcpwrap_period="daily"
 
 
 # Weekly options
@@ -248,6 +269,12 @@ weekly_status_pkg_enable="NO"				# Find out-of-date pkgs
 pkg_version=pkg_version					# Use this program
 pkg_version_index=/usr/ports/INDEX-10			# Use this index file
 
+# 450.status-security
+weekly_status_security_enable="YES"			# Security check
+# See also "Security options" above for more options
+weekly_status_security_inline="NO"			# Run inline ?
+weekly_status_security_output="root"			# user or /file
+
 # 999.local
 weekly_local="/etc/weekly.local"			# Local scripts
 
@@ -267,6 +294,12 @@ monthly_show_badconfig="NO"				# scripts returning 2
 # 200.accounting
 monthly_accounting_enable="YES"				# Login accounting
 
+# 450.status-security
+monthly_status_security_enable="YES"			# Security check
+# See also "Security options" above for more options
+monthly_status_security_inline="NO"			# Run inline ?
+monthly_status_security_output="root"			# user or /file
+
 # 999.local
 monthly_local="/etc/monthly.local"			# Local scripts
 
@@ -276,6 +309,74 @@ monthly_local="/etc/monthly.local"			# Local scripts
 
 if [ -z "${source_periodic_confs_defined}" ]; then
         source_periodic_confs_defined=yes
+
+	# Compatibility with old daily variable names.
+	# They can be removed in stable/11.
+	security_daily_compat_var() {
+		local var=$1 dailyvar value
+
+		dailyvar=daily_status_security${#status_security}
+		periodvar=${var%enable}period
+		eval value=\"\$$dailyvar\"
+		[ -z "$value" ] && return
+		echo "Warning: Variable \$$dailyvar is deprecated," \
+		    "use \$$var instead." >&2
+		case "$value" in
+		[Yy][Ee][Ss])
+			$var=YES
+			$periodvar=daily
+			;;
+		*)
+			$var="$value"
+			;;
+		esac
+	}
+
+	check_yesno_period() {
+		local var="$1" periodvar value period
+
+		eval value=\"\$$var\"
+		case "$value" in
+		[Yy][Ee][Ss]) ;;
+		*) return 1 ;;
+		esac
+
+		periodvar=${var%enable}period
+		eval period=\"\$$periodvar\"
+		case "$PERIODIC" in
+		"security daily")
+			case "$period" in
+			[Dd][Aa][Ii][Ll][Yy]) return 0 ;;
+			*) return 1 ;;
+			esac
+			;;
+		"security weekly")
+			case "$period" in
+			[Ww][Ee][Ee][Kk][Ll][Yy]) return 0 ;;
+			*) return 1 ;;
+			esac
+			;;
+		"security monthly")
+			case "$period" in
+			[Mm][Oo][Nn][Tt][Hh][Ll][Yy]) return 0 ;;
+			*) return 1 ;;
+			esac
+			;;
+		security)
+			# Run directly from crontab(5).
+			case "$period" in
+			[Nn][Oo]) return 1 ;;
+			*) return 0 ;;
+			esac
+			;;
+		*)
+			echo "ASSERTION FAILED: Unexpected value for " \
+			    "\$PERIODIC: '$PERIODIC'" >&2
+			exit 127
+			;;
+		esac
+	}
+
         source_periodic_confs() {
                 local i sourced_files
 
diff --git a/etc/periodic/monthly/450.status-security b/etc/periodic/monthly/450.status-security
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..027c896d4d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/periodic/monthly/450.status-security
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+# If there is a global system configuration file, suck it in.
+#
+if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]
+then
+    . /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
+    source_periodic_confs
+fi
+
+case "$monthly_status_security_enable" in
+    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+	echo ""
+	echo "Security check:"
+
+	case "$monthly_status_security_inline" in
+	    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+		monthly_status_security_output="";;
+	esac
+
+	export security_output="${monthly_status_security_output}"
+	case "${monthly_status_security_output}" in
+	    "")
+		rc=3;;
+	    /*)
+		echo "    (output logged separately)"
+		rc=0;;
+	    *)
+		echo "    (output mailed separately)"
+		rc=0;;
+	esac
+
+	periodic security || rc=3;;
+
+    *)  rc=0;;
+esac
+
+exit $rc
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid b/etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid
index 5b93b2043dc0..95920a6faf90 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ fi
 
 . /etc/periodic/security/security.functions
 
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_chksetuid_enable
+
 rc=0
 
-case "$daily_status_security_chksetuid_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+if check_yesno_period security_status_chksetuid_enable
+then
 	echo ""
 	echo 'Checking setuid files and devices:'
 	MP=`mount -t ufs,zfs | awk '$0 !~ /no(suid|exec)/ { print $3 }'`
@@ -49,10 +51,6 @@ case "$daily_status_security_chksetuid_enable" in
 	    \( -perm -u+s -or -perm -g+s \) -exec ls -liTd \{\} \+ |
 	check_diff setuid - "${host} setuid diffs:"
 	rc=$?
-	;;
-    *)
-	rc=0
-	;;
-esac
+fi
 
 exit $rc
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm b/etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm
index 68d1e7b24d77..1d545ac5f7b6 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ then
     source_periodic_confs
 fi
 
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_neggrpperm_enable
+
 rc=0
 
-case "$daily_status_security_neggrpperm_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+if check_yesno_period security_status_neggrpperm_enable
+then
 	echo ""
 	echo 'Checking negative group permissions:'
 	MP=`mount -t ufs,zfs | awk '$0 !~ /no(suid|exec)/ { print $3 }'`
@@ -48,7 +50,6 @@ case "$daily_status_security_neggrpperm_enable" in
 	    \( ! -perm +040 -and -perm +004 \) \) \
 	    -exec ls -liTd \{\} \+ | tee /dev/stderr | wc -l)
 	[ $n -gt 0 ] && rc=1 || rc=0
-	;;
-esac
+fi
 
 exit $rc
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/200.chkmounts b/etc/periodic/security/200.chkmounts
index 17b114ef0a8c..7b14866869bb 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/200.chkmounts
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/200.chkmounts
@@ -40,12 +40,16 @@ fi
 
 . /etc/periodic/security/security.functions
 
-ignore="${daily_status_security_chkmounts_ignore}"
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_chkmounts_enable
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_chkmounts_ignore
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_noamd
+
+ignore="${security_status_chkmounts_ignore}"
 rc=0
 
-case "$daily_status_security_chkmounts_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
-	case "$daily_status_security_noamd" in
+if check_yesno_period security_status_chkmounts_enable
+then
+	case "$security_status_noamd" in
 	    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
 		ignore="${ignore}|^amd:"
 	esac
@@ -55,8 +59,7 @@ case "$daily_status_security_chkmounts_enable" in
 	fi
 	mount -p | sort | ${cmd} |
 	  check_diff mount - "${host} changes in mounted filesystems:"
-	rc=$?;;
-    *)	rc=0;;
-esac
+	rc=$?
+fi
 
 exit "$rc"
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/300.chkuid0 b/etc/periodic/security/300.chkuid0
index 32cc16c846c3..73578e241553 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/300.chkuid0
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/300.chkuid0
@@ -36,16 +36,19 @@ then
     source_periodic_confs
 fi
 
-case "$daily_status_security_chkuid0_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_chkuid0_enable
+
+rc=0
+
+if check_yesno_period security_status_chkuid0_enable
+then
 	echo ""
 	echo 'Checking for uids of 0:'
 	n=$(awk -F: '/^#/ {next} $3==0 {print $1,$3}' /etc/master.passwd |
 	tee /dev/stderr |
 	sed -e '/^root 0$/d' -e '/^toor 0$/d' |
 	wc -l)
-	[ $n -gt 0 ] && rc=1 || rc=0;;
-    *)	rc=0;;
-esac
+	[ $n -gt 0 ] && rc=1 || rc=0
+fi
 
 exit "$rc"
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/400.passwdless b/etc/periodic/security/400.passwdless
index 42ece0453ccd..5e851ac847c7 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/400.passwdless
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/400.passwdless
@@ -35,14 +35,17 @@ then
     source_periodic_confs
 fi
 
-case "$daily_status_security_passwdless_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_passwdless_enable
+
+rc=0
+
+if check_yesno_period security_status_passwdless_enable
+then
 	echo ""
 	echo 'Checking for passwordless accounts:'
 	n=$(awk -F: 'NF > 1 && $1 !~ /^[#+-]/ && $2=="" {print $0}' /etc/master.passwd |
 	    tee /dev/stderr | wc -l)
-	[ $n -gt 0 ] && rc=1 || rc=0;;
-    *)	rc=0;;
-esac
+	[ $n -gt 0 ] && rc=1 || rc=0
+fi
 
 exit "$rc"
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/410.logincheck b/etc/periodic/security/410.logincheck
index f6cf4052bd7a..41e7f65ebf1b 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/410.logincheck
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/410.logincheck
@@ -35,8 +35,12 @@ then
     source_periodic_confs
 fi
 
-case "$daily_status_security_logincheck_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_logincheck_enable
+
+rc=0
+
+if check_yesno_period security_status_logincheck_enable
+then
 	echo ""
 	echo 'Checking login.conf permissions:'
 	if [ -G /etc/login.conf -a -O /etc/login.conf ]; then
@@ -45,8 +49,7 @@ case "$daily_status_security_logincheck_enable" in
 	    echo "Bad ownership of /etc/login.conf"
 	    n=1
 	fi
-	[ $n -gt 0 ] && rc=1 || rc=0;;
-    *)	rc=0;;
-esac
+	[ $n -gt 0 ] && rc=1 || rc=0
+fi
 
 exit "$rc"
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/460.chkportsum b/etc/periodic/security/460.chkportsum
index 3a39c84d0835..18a12ecbadb3 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/460.chkportsum
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/460.chkportsum
@@ -35,13 +35,15 @@ fi
 
 . /etc/periodic/security/security.functions
 
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_chkportsum_enable
+
 rc=0
 
 echo ""
 echo 'Checking for ports with mismatched checksums:'
 
-case "${daily_status_security_chkportsum_enable}" in
-	[Yy][Ee][Ss])
+if check_yesno_period security_status_chkportsum_enable
+then
 	set -f
 	pkg_info -ga 2>/dev/null | \
 	while IFS= read -r line; do
@@ -59,10 +61,6 @@ case "${daily_status_security_chkportsum_enable}" in
 			;;
 		esac
 	done
-	;;
-	*)
-	rc=0
-	;;
-esac
+fi
 
 exit $rc
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/500.ipfwdenied b/etc/periodic/security/500.ipfwdenied
index 6a6fb8b4f6a6..f39ca0ed9531 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/500.ipfwdenied
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/500.ipfwdenied
@@ -37,17 +37,18 @@ fi
 
 . /etc/periodic/security/security.functions
 
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_ipfwdenied_enable
+
 rc=0
 
-case "$daily_status_security_ipfwdenied_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+if check_yesno_period security_status_ipfwdenied_enable
+then
 	TMP=`mktemp -t security`
 	if ipfw -a list 2>/dev/null | egrep "deny|reset|unreach" > ${TMP}; then
 	  check_diff new_only ipfw ${TMP} "${host} ipfw denied packets:"
 	fi
 	rc=$?
-	rm -f ${TMP};;
-    *)	rc=0;;
-esac
+	rm -f ${TMP}
+fi
 
 exit $rc
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/510.ipfdenied b/etc/periodic/security/510.ipfdenied
index 2058d2b1cb94..bed75e645c2a 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/510.ipfdenied
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/510.ipfdenied
@@ -37,17 +37,18 @@ fi
 
 . /etc/periodic/security/security.functions
 
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_ipfdenied_enable
+
 rc=0
 
-case "$daily_status_security_ipfdenied_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+if check_yesno_period security_status_ipfdenied_enable
+then
 	TMP=`mktemp -t security`
 	if ipfstat -nhio 2>/dev/null | grep block > ${TMP}; then
 	  check_diff new_only ipf ${TMP} "${host} ipf denied packets:"
 	fi
 	rc=$?
-	rm -f ${TMP};;
-    *)	rc=0;;
-esac
+	rm -f ${TMP}
+fi
 
 exit $rc
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/520.pfdenied b/etc/periodic/security/520.pfdenied
index 5e5139363028..7a32bf2a193b 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/520.pfdenied
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/520.pfdenied
@@ -37,17 +37,18 @@ fi
 
 . /etc/periodic/security/security.functions
 
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_pfdenied_enable
+
 rc=0
 
-case "$daily_status_security_pfdenied_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+if check_yesno_period security_status_pfdenied_enable
+then
 	TMP=`mktemp -t security`
 	if pfctl -sr -v 2>/dev/null | nawk '{if (/^block/) {buf=$0; getline; gsub(" +"," ",$0); print buf$0;} }' > ${TMP}; then
 	  check_diff new_only pf ${TMP} "${host} pf denied packets:"
 	fi
 	rc=$?
-	rm -f ${TMP};;
-    *)	rc=0;;
-esac
+	rm -f ${TMP}
+fi
 
 exit $rc
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/550.ipfwlimit b/etc/periodic/security/550.ipfwlimit
index daa0f86321f8..86932c676c7a 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/550.ipfwlimit
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/550.ipfwlimit
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ then
     source_periodic_confs
 fi
 
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_ipfwlimit_enable
+
 rc=0
 
-case "$daily_status_security_ipfwlimit_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+if check_yesno_period security_status_ipfwlimit_enable
+then
 	IPFW_VERBOSE=`sysctl -n net.inet.ip.fw.verbose 2> /dev/null`
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ "$IPFW_VERBOSE" -eq 0 ]; then
 		exit 0
@@ -61,8 +63,7 @@ case "$daily_status_security_ipfwlimit_enable" in
 		echo 'ipfw log limit reached:'
 		cat ${TMP}
 	fi
-	rm -f ${TMP};;
-    *)	rc=0;;
-esac
+	rm -f ${TMP}
+fi
 
 exit $rc
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/610.ipf6denied b/etc/periodic/security/610.ipf6denied
index 6c64d92eee7e..7e02cfc583f3 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/610.ipf6denied
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/610.ipf6denied
@@ -37,17 +37,18 @@ fi
 
 . /etc/periodic/security/security.functions
 
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_ipf6denied_enable
+
 rc=0
 
-case "$daily_status_security_ipf6denied_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+if check_yesno_period security_status_ipf6denied_enable
+then
 	TMP=`mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/security.XXXXXXXXXX`
 	if ipfstat -nhio6 2>/dev/null | grep block > ${TMP}; then
 	 check_diff new_only ipf6 ${TMP} "${host} ipf6 denied packets:"
 	fi
 	rc=$?
-	rm -f ${TMP};;
-    *)	rc=0;;
-esac
+	rm -f ${TMP}
+fi
 
 exit $rc
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/700.kernelmsg b/etc/periodic/security/700.kernelmsg
index fb5ed633f461..8bf6491901ed 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/700.kernelmsg
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/700.kernelmsg
@@ -40,14 +40,15 @@ fi
 
 . /etc/periodic/security/security.functions
 
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_kernelmsg_enable
+
 rc=0
 
-case "$daily_status_security_kernelmsg_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+if check_yesno_period security_status_kernelmsg_enable
+then
 	dmesg 2>/dev/null |
 	    check_diff new_only dmesg - "${host} kernel log messages:"
-	rc=$?;;
-    *)	rc=0;;
-esac
+	rc=$?
+fi
 
 exit $rc
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/800.loginfail b/etc/periodic/security/800.loginfail
index 767b9597ad41..a0de96dec10e 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/800.loginfail
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/800.loginfail
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ then
     source_periodic_confs
 fi
 
-LOG="${daily_status_security_logdir}"
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_logdir
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_loginfail_enable
+
+LOG="${security_status_logdir}"
 
 yesterday=`date -v-1d "+%b %e "`
 
@@ -55,14 +58,15 @@ catmsgs() {
 	[ -f ${LOG}/auth.log ] && cat $LOG/auth.log
 }
 
-case "$daily_status_security_loginfail_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+rc=0
+
+if check_yesno_period security_status_loginfail_enable
+then
 	echo ""
 	echo "${host} login failures:"
 	n=$(catmsgs | egrep -ia "^$yesterday.*: .*(fail|invalid|bad|illegal)" |
 	    tee /dev/stderr | wc -l)
-	[ $n -gt 0 ] && rc=1 || rc=0;;
-    *)	rc=0;;
-esac
+	[ $n -gt 0 ] && rc=1 || rc=0
+fi
 
 exit $rc
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/900.tcpwrap b/etc/periodic/security/900.tcpwrap
index 55f77099bb7c..10b02e9e2bb6 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/900.tcpwrap
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/900.tcpwrap
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ then
     source_periodic_confs
 fi
 
-LOG="${daily_status_security_logdir}"
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_logdir
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_tcpwrap_enable
+
+LOG="${security_status_logdir}"
 
 yesterday=`date -v-1d "+%b %e "`
 
@@ -55,14 +58,15 @@ catmsgs() {
 	[ -f ${LOG}/messages ] && cat $LOG/messages
 }
 
-case "$daily_status_security_tcpwrap_enable" in
-    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+rc=0
+
+if check_yesno_period security_status_tcpwrap_enable
+then
 	echo ""
 	echo "${host} refused connections:"
 	n=$(catmsgs | grep -i "^$yesterday.*refused connect" |
 	    tee /dev/stderr | wc -l)
-	[ $n -gt 0 ] && rc=1 || rc=0;;
-    *)	rc=0;;
-esac
+	[ $n -gt 0 ] && rc=1 || rc=0
+fi
 
 exit $rc
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/security.functions b/etc/periodic/security/security.functions
index f5b8dcd203d4..bc2bcba16877 100644
--- a/etc/periodic/security/security.functions
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/security.functions
@@ -27,11 +27,19 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 #
 
+# This is a library file, so we only try to do something when sourced.
+case "$0" in
+*/security.functions) exit 0 ;;
+esac
+
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_logdir
+security_daily_compat_var security_status_diff_flags
+
 #
 # Show differences in the output of an audit command
 #
 
-LOG="${daily_status_security_logdir}"
+LOG="${security_status_logdir}"
 rc=0
 
 # Usage: COMMAND | check_diff [new_only] LABEL - MSG
@@ -67,7 +75,7 @@ check_diff() {
     [ $rc -lt 1 ] && rc=1
     echo ""
     echo "${msg}"
-    diff ${daily_status_security_diff_flags} ${LOG}/${label}.today \
+    diff ${security_status_diff_flags} ${LOG}/${label}.today \
 	${tmpf} | eval "${filter}"
     mv ${LOG}/${label}.today ${LOG}/${label}.yesterday || rc=3
     mv ${tmpf} ${LOG}/${label}.today || rc=3
diff --git a/etc/periodic/weekly/450.status-security b/etc/periodic/weekly/450.status-security
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..513fbda7b60d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/periodic/weekly/450.status-security
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+# If there is a global system configuration file, suck it in.
+#
+if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]
+then
+    . /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
+    source_periodic_confs
+fi
+
+case "$weekly_status_security_enable" in
+    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+	echo ""
+	echo "Security check:"
+
+	case "$weekly_status_security_inline" in
+	    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
+		weekly_status_security_output="";;
+	esac
+
+	export security_output="${weekly_status_security_output}"
+	case "${weekly_status_security_output}" in
+	    "")
+		rc=3;;
+	    /*)
+		echo "    (output logged separately)"
+		rc=0;;
+	    *)
+		echo "    (output mailed separately)"
+		rc=0;;
+	esac
+
+	periodic security || rc=3;;
+
+    *)  rc=0;;
+esac
+
+exit $rc
diff --git a/etc/periodic/weekly/Makefile b/etc/periodic/weekly/Makefile
index 7f2eae22de3e..057653d590f3 100644
--- a/etc/periodic/weekly/Makefile
+++ b/etc/periodic/weekly/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 .include <bsd.own.mk>
 
 FILES=	340.noid \
+	450.status-security \
 	999.local
 
 # NB: keep these sorted by MK_* knobs
diff --git a/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
index 4543532cfdba..e9acec0a0015 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"-
+\"-
 .\" Copyright (c) 2000 Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -482,26 +482,42 @@ This variable behaves in the same way as the
 .Va *_output
 variables above, namely it can be set either to one or more email addresses
 or to an absolute file name.
-.It Va daily_status_security_diff_flags
+.It Va security_status_diff_flags
 .Pq Vt str
 Set to the arguments to pass to the
 .Xr diff 1
 utility when generating differences.
 The default is
 .Fl b u .
-.It Va daily_status_security_chksetuid_enable
+.It Va security_status_chksetuid_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
 to compare the modes and modification times of setuid executables with
 the previous day's values.
-.It Va daily_status_security_chkportsum_enable
+.It Va security_status_chksetuid_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
+.It Va security_status_chkportsum_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
 to verify checksums of all installed packages against the known checksums in
 .Pa /var/db/pkg .
-.It Va daily_status_security_neggrpperm_enable
+.It Va security_status_chkportsum_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
+.It Va security_status_neggrpperm_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
@@ -509,35 +525,67 @@ to check for files where the group of a file has less permissions than
 the world at large.
 When users are in more than 14 supplemental groups these negative
 permissions may not be enforced via NFS shares.
-.It Va daily_status_security_chkmounts_enable
+.It Va security_status_neggrpperm_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
+.It Va security_status_chkmounts_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
 to check for changes mounted file systems to the previous day's values.
-.It Va daily_status_security_noamd
+.It Va security_status_chkmounts_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
+.It Va security_status_noamd
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
 if you want to ignore
 .Xr amd 8
 mounts when comparing against yesterday's file system mounts in the
-.Va daily_status_security_chkmounts_enable
+.Va security_status_chkmounts_enable
 check.
-.It Va daily_status_security_chkuid0_enable
+.It Va security_status_chkuid0_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
 to check
 .Pa /etc/master.passwd
 for accounts with UID 0.
-.It Va daily_status_security_passwdless_enable
+.It Va security_status_chkuid0_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
+.It Va security_status_passwdless_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
 to check
 .Pa /etc/master.passwd
 for accounts with empty passwords.
-.It Va daily_status_security_logincheck_enable
+.It Va security_status_passwdless_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
+.It Va security_status_logincheck_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
@@ -546,49 +594,105 @@ to check
 ownership, see
 .Xr login.conf 5
 for more information.
-.It Va daily_status_security_ipfwdenied_enable
+.It Va security_status_logincheck_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
+.It Va security_status_ipfwdenied_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
 to show log entries for packets denied by
 .Xr ipfw 8
 since yesterday's check.
-.It Va daily_status_security_ipfdenied_enable
+.It Va security_status_ipfwdenied_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
+.It Va security_status_ipfdenied_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
 to show log entries for packets denied by
 .Xr ipf 8
 since yesterday's check.
-.It Va daily_status_security_pfdenied_enable
+.It Va security_status_ipfdenied_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
+.It Va security_status_pfdenied_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
 to show log entries for packets denied by
 .Xr pf 4
 since yesterday's check.
-.It Va daily_status_security_ipfwlimit_enable
+.It Va security_status_pfdenied_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
+.It Va security_status_ipfwlimit_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
 to display
 .Xr ipfw 8
 rules that have reached their verbosity limit.
-.It Va daily_status_security_kernelmsg_enable
+.It Va security_status_ipfwlimit_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
+.It Va security_status_kernelmsg_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
 to show new
 .Xr dmesg 8
 entries since yesterday's check.
-.It Va daily_status_security_loginfail_enable
+.It Va security_status_kernelmsg_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
+.It Va security_status_loginfail_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
 to display failed logins from
 .Pa /var/log/messages
 in the previous day.
-.It Va daily_status_security_tcpwrap_enable
+.It Va security_status_loginfail_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
+.It Va security_status_tcpwrap_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
 .Dq Li YES
@@ -597,6 +701,14 @@ to display connections denied by tcpwrappers (see
 from
 .Pa /var/log/messages
 during the previous day.
+.It Va security_status_tcpwrap_period
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to either
+.Dq Li daily ,
+.Dq Li weekly ,
+.Dq Li monthly
+or
+.Dq Li NO .
 .It Va daily_status_mail_rejects_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
@@ -709,6 +821,18 @@ An orphaned file is one with an invalid owner or group.
 A list of directories under which orphaned files are searched for.
 This would usually be set to
 .Pa / .
+.It Va weekly_status_security_enable
+.Pq Vt bool
+Weekly counterpart of
+.Va daily_status_securiy_enable .
+.It Va weekly_status_security_inline
+.Pq Vt bool
+Weekly counterpart of
+.Va daily_status_securiy_inline .
+.It Va weekly_status_security_output
+.Pq Vt str
+Weekly counterpart of
+.Va daily_status_securiy_output .
 .It Va weekly_status_pkg_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to
@@ -776,6 +900,18 @@ Set to
 if you want to do login accounting using the
 .Xr ac 8
 command.
+.It Va monthly_status_security_enable
+.Pq Vt bool
+Monthly counterpart of
+.Va daily_status_securiy_enable .
+.It Va monthly_status_security_inline
+.Pq Vt bool
+Monthly counterpart of
+.Va daily_status_securiy_inline .
+.It Va monthly_status_security_output
+.Pq Vt str
+Monthly counterpart of
+.Va daily_status_securiy_output .
 .It Va monthly_local
 .Pq Vt str
 Set to a list of extra scripts that should be run after all other