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Re: Patch management tool
From: Alvin Oga <alvin.sec () Mail Linux-Consulting com>
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:30:39 -0700 (PDT)
On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Chris Griffin wrote:
Some thing like patch distribution server which possibly push the recent OS patches to other linux systems. Linux distribution should covering RedHat, Suse other linux flavors.
it's trivial to write one ... or create one and use the standard pkg management tool for that distro creating the "tested" patch server for all your production machines is a bit trickier ... espif those production machines cannot go down due to some ooppss some place down the line or up the tree c ya alvin - we use our own patch tools ... for any flavor *nix ... ( free patches since the patches are free from ( redhat/suse/debian/slackware... - the update.pl patch script is not released simplified in one (update.pl) script if redhat ... rpm from red-patches.your-domain.com if suse rpm from suse-patches.your-domain.com if debian apt-get from debian.your-domain.com if sun upgradepkg from sun.your-domain.com -- add/maintain more distros as you need ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ethical Hacking at the InfoSec Institute. All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 12 students or less to facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Check out our Advanced Hacking course, learn to write exploits and attack security infrastructure. Attend a course taught by an expert instructor with years of in-the-field pen testing experience in our state of the art hacking lab. Master the skills of an Ethical Hacker to better assess the security of your organization. http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Patch management tool Milind Nanal (Sep 03)
- Re: Patch management tool Edward W Howe (Sep 04)
- Re: Patch management tool Chris Griffin (Sep 04)
- Re: Patch management tool Alvin Oga (Sep 07)
- Re: Patch management tool Miles Stevenson (Sep 04)
- Re: Patch management tool - pen-test Alvin Oga (Sep 07)
- RE: Patch management tool roman one (Sep 07)
- Re: Patch management tool Jose Maria Lopez (Sep 07)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Patch management tool Todd Towles (Sep 07)
- RE: Patch management tool Steffen Kluge (Sep 09)
- Re: Patch management tool Jérôme (Sep 07)
- Re: Patch management tool Jose Maria Lopez (Sep 08)
- RE: Patch management tool Harper, Patrick (Sep 09)
- RE: Patch management tool R. DuFresne (Sep 10)
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