Re: Solaris Patch management

[Paul Keser <pkeser () STANFORD EDU>]

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I believe we have been using it 5 years.  I've only been here 4 so I
don't know what else was evaluated.  When I was at NASA Ames we used
Patchlink.  It didn't seem to have as wide a feature set but that was 5+
years ago...

- -PaulK

Paul Keser
Assoc. Information Security Officer
Stanford University
650.724.9051
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Emery Rudolph wrote:
> Very good. How long have you been using it and did you evaluate other
> products like PatchLink?
>
>
> Very Best Regards,
>
> Emery Rudolph
> Acting Director, Systems Management
> University of Maryland University College
> 301-985-7447
> http://www.umuc.edu
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Keser
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:39 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Solaris Patch management
>
> We have 27000+ hosts patched with BigFix and are very pleased with it.
>
> -PaulK
>
> Paul Keser
> Assoc. Information Security Officer
> Stanford University
> 650.724.9051
> GPG Fingerprint:  DBA3 E20F CE91 28AA DA1C  4A77 3BD9 C82D 2699 24FB
>
> Emery Rudolph wrote:
> > Hello group,
> >
> > I am wondering if there are any opinions or experiences both positive
> > and negative with the BigFix patching solution?
> >
> > We are working on implementing a solution and framework very quickly
> and
> > have tentatively settled on BigFix.
> >
> > Emery Rudolph
> > Acting Director, Systems Management
> > University of Maryland University College
> > 301-985-7447
> > http://www.umuc.edu
> >
> >
> >
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