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Patching.. the never ending cycle
One of my RSS feeds is the online diary from the handlers at the Internet Storm Center.
It gives me an early update on new trends and activities that are on the net - and things to watch for in protecting my own hardware and online infrastructure.
I've noticed in the last week or so another couple of very high profile Windows vulnerabilities - the ANI cursor problem and the newest - an attack on Windows DNS services.
These issues often end up with emergency updates being made available; outside of the usual 'patch Tuesday'. The severity is such that updates need to be made now.
The impact is clear - multiple strategies are needed for modern IT infrastructure:
- antivirus- intrusion detection- patching- firewall
Most important - above all of these technologies - is a good, tested process for triaging and delivering patches. Without a good process it's like having a fire extinguisher but not knowing how to use it.
ZENworks Patch Management will help as part of this broad approach; it allows rapid test and delivery up updates to affected systems. It also provides some great methodology on the 'how' to patch systems as well.
Written at: Beijing, China
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Martin, Zen had lots of
Submitted by Mr Lee (not verified) on 17 April 2007 - 3:36am.
Martin,
Zen had lots of nice developments over the years that were included in the product / suite if upgrade protection was purchased... Then we started to get a dearth of products / functionality added (usually by third parties not Novell development) that now require a subscriptions on top.... I know this has alienated many Zen users and the Zen version of these products is usually a few steps behind the normal vendor release.. Could you comment on this please?
Also is there a link to where we can see how the whole of Zen and the new stuff is licenced? I am confused about how the new the Zen and features are licenced...
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