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Story: Open source renders patching a problem
Posted by: Anonymous (Friday 18 November 2005, 6:16 AM)
This is a non-issue for package managed distributions. For example, Debian-based distributions have shiped standard with system-wide update mechanisms (through APT) since at least 1997. Debian maintains a specific repository for security-only updates. A complete security update to your system requires a single line command:
apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
This includes every managed application on your machine. Better, it can do the update while the machine is under load. It resolves any necessary dependencies and sets up new library links without any input necessary from the administrator. Restart your server (no reboot necessary) and you will be using the latest code.
If you dont have this ability in your distro, find another distribution.
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Story: Open source renders patching a problem
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Complete bull. I do run Open Source technology and... Arthur B. -
States the bleeding obvious. An admin should alway... Bill DuPree
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All Linux distros I know that use openssl have an... Marc Deslauriers
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This is a non-issue for package managed distributi... Anonymous
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This is a non-issue for package managed distributi... Anonymous -
Does anybody with a production server use MS autom... Anonymous
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On the other hand, the open source community conti... Anonymous
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I have to disagree with this article. I think the... Julian Woods
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yum -y update....done. Create a cron job and do it... Anonymous
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To say that Linux doesn't have a patch management... John Lewis
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Do facilities like Debian's Apt-Get and Redhat's c... Anonymous
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STUPID article.
Here's how I do patch management:... David F. Skoll
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The comment about opensource pathch mamange ment i... Anonymous
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This is what Yum and Apt are for on RPM and DEB-ba... Ben Williams
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The article seems rather silly, since it appears t... Anonymous
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Ignorant rubbish! Why didn't you research before w... Carla Schroder
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I run SuSE Linux 9.3... on my desktop. The very th... Anonymous
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Regarding patch management, I think you're somewha... Anonymous
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SpikeSource's products and services address this v... Anonymous
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As with anything open-source and free software, it... Barak Korren
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What a pointless article. Any of the mainstream D... Anonymous
