Re: Upptime report tools?

[Jon Kibler <Jon.Kibler () aset com>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Prodigi Child wrote:
> Thanks :)
>
> On a related note, how often would you say Linux systems have
> security-related patches released? Since the answer is probably "it depends
> on the distro" - how about popular ones like Red Hat... I know plenty of
> HPUX and Red Hat sysadmins who don't even check except for maybe once or
> twice per year...

Looking at several Centos boxes, it looks like the Linux kernel is
getting kernel security patches about every two months. I think that BSD
is on about the same schedule.

I know that Sun releases security patches quarterly, and I cannot
remember a recent quarter that did not include kernel patches. I am
almost positive that HPUX also does quarterly patching. I seem to recall
that AIX is patched less often.

Jon
- --
Jon R. Kibler
Chief Technical Officer
Advanced Systems Engineering Technology, Inc.
Charleston, SC  USA
o: 843-849-8214
c: 843-224-2494
s: 843-564-4224
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonrkibler

My PGP Fingerprint is:
BAA2 1F2C 5543 5D25 4636 A392 515C 5045 CF39 4253


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iEYEARECAAYFAkj41O0ACgkQUVxQRc85QlOkJgCfQxI3C6sp8M9XNe7GUIF9vYXl
NlcAn1neY2QKFr/88zofJ73Ft5r6hSnW
=e12l
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----




==================================================
Filtered by: TRUSTEM.COM's Email Filtering Service
http://www.trustem.com/
No Spam. No Viruses. Just Good Clean Email.