Re: PeopleSoft Risk Mitigation for Weblogic 5.1 End of Life

[Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>]

Gary Flynn wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if anyone is running PeopleSoft versions prior to
> 8.4 with Weblogic and what your plans are for mitigating the risk
> associated with BEA's February end-of-life announcement for
> Weblogic 5.1.
>
> It is my understanding that PeopleSoft must be upgraded to 8.4
> for Weblogic 6.x support and 8.44 for Weblogic 8.x support.
> It is also my understanding that there are significant application
> related hurdles involved in reaching those PeopleTools releases.
> However, BEA dropped support for Weblogic 5.1 meaning no
> further patches (security patches being the primary concern here).
>
> The thought of running unsupported software facing the Internet
> makes me ill.
>
> Thanks for any insight.

I've been informed that Tools 8.21 will support
a supported version of Weblogic.

--
Gary Flynn
Security Engineer - Technical Services
James Madison University

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