Re: Third Party Patch Management

[fac51 <fac51 () yahoo com>]

Coop,

If you could have a look at Altiris (but it may be overkill), this is useful for packaging all software releases but 
also does a good job with all patches.
Patchlink is good for patching and prob. not as expensive.

Failing try to integrate the release of these patches in the process/system that you already use to send out new 
software installs.

Cheers,
S


--- On Tue, 3/24/09, Al Cooper <cooper () hmcnetworks com> wrote:

> From: Al Cooper <cooper () hmcnetworks com>
> Subject: Third Party Patch Management
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 4:28 PM
> With all the security updates to programs like Acrobat &
> Java, I am
> interested in how the community is handling patch
> management practically in
> small to medium sized organizations (50 to 200 computers). 
> Microsoft Update
> Server works for Windows patches but will not handle third
> party patches.
> Microsoft System Center is nice but too expensive for this
> market.
>
> What solutions are you using and how effective are they?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Coop
>
>
>
>
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