Comments on: Tips for a Good Patch Management Strategy http://www.gfi.com/blog/tips-good-patch-management-strategy-part-1-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tips-good-patch-management-strategy-part-1-2 Brought to you by GFI Software Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:27:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Craig http://www.gfi.com/blog/tips-good-patch-management-strategy-part-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-29350 Craig Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:33:11 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=3283#comment-29350 I guess you can never overrepeat that any patch installation MUST start with reading the READ ME. Usually it is a short file and it won’t take more than 5 to 10 minutes to read it. I am especially irritated when the KNOWN BUGS section is missed because this section is the quintessence – the developers admit want they know is not working under certain circumstances and somebody stupid messes everything because he or she is too smart to bother with reading the Read Me.

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.gfi.com/blog/tips-good-patch-management-strategy-part-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-29207 Vanessa Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:44:49 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=3283#comment-29207 Recently Linux kernels have been the target of security problems – and updating the kernel is annoying because you always have to reboot which creates a lot of downtime. I started using ksplice because it applies kernel updates without the need for a reboot, essentially making updates a breeze without any downtime.

]]> By: @Furius_Geek http://www.gfi.com/blog/tips-good-patch-management-strategy-part-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-29202 @Furius_Geek Tue, 31 May 2011 09:00:34 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=3283#comment-29202 The most important, but sadly the most skipped, part of patching up a software is viewing Read Me. This little note is very integral. It details and list the history of the update(s) as well as the bugs it fixed. Moreover, the Read Me is also a great archiving tool, which can be useful if you’re into tracking licensing information.

If you’re a programmer or software developer, like myself, I use Read Me to see an application’s changelog system.

]]> By: John Grunwald http://www.gfi.com/blog/tips-good-patch-management-strategy-part-1-2/comment-page-1/#comment-29179 John Grunwald Fri, 20 May 2011 20:22:09 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=3283#comment-29179 The readme/research advice is so pivotal to intelligent patch management. I can’t (or rather don’t want to) count all the times a patch has been rolled out too hastily and we wind up with considerable downtime due to an issue that has already been clearly remarked on by early adopters of said patch.

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