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Story: Open source renders patching a problem
Posted by: Anonymous (Friday 18 November 2005, 5:01 PM)
Regarding patch management, I think you're somewhat misinformed in that the vendor of the server distribution should be responsible for automating updates and most do a good job of it. They provide the patch built in whatever packaging system your OS uses, usually in a short timeframe after it is available from the vendor (in this case the OpenSSL project). I just don't see the issue for production-level systems.
Where patch-management falls apart is for the individual user/hobbyist who doesn't properly use the patch tools available whether or not those are Microsoft or Linux or other UNIXes.
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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
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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 -
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
