Re: Automated Patching and Updates?

[Ariel Silverstone <ariel.silverstone () TEMPLE EDU>]

Yes we are.  In order of importance:

1) Win XP/2000/NT/2003 maybe 98
2) Macs OS X/9 maybe 8
3) xNix (SuSE, RedHat, Solaris)



Thank you,

Ariel Silverstone

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[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Christian Grewell
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 9:59 AM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Automated Patching and Updates?

Just to clarify: are you talking about *one* management console to manage
patches and app updates (such as personal firewalls, antivirus, etc) to all
flavors of operating systems on campus (macs come to mind)?

If so I'm very interested in what others are doing on the macintosh side -
true, they don't get attacked like a MS box, but it'd be great to have
cross-platform compatibility from one location.

SMS is great in a vanilla OS environment, but I'm curious to know the cost
of implementing something like this in a large scale educational
environment.

Glad to see others thinking about this seriously :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Ariel Silverstone <ariel.silverstone () TEMPLE EDU>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:22:17
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Automated Patching and Updates?

This is exactly the situation I am trying to avoid.  We would like one
product, and thus one management console, to be able to handle all patching
and updates.  Not sure yet if it is possible, and will keep all informed.




Thank you,



Ariel Silverstone



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