security patch check

[james mcintyre_1]

currently all the doc's specify 11.x. is there a 10.x version of this patch ?

[Patrick Wallek]

There doesn't appear to be a version of the security patch check tool available for 10.X.

I, too, would like to see it.

HP - Are you listening?

[james mcintyre_1]

Patrick:

Have you used the 11.x version ?

Since the program is in Perl and it appears HP is just downloading the security text they want us to read, doesnt' seem like it is too great a "backward" jump. I do believe there are still thousands of 10.x sites out there.

Jim Mc.....

[John Diamant]

> HP Are you listening?

Yes, we're listening.

James said:
> Since the program is in Perl and it appears
> HP is just downloading the security text
> they want us to read, doesn't seem like it
> is too great a "backward" jump.

Unfortunately, that's not the hard part for
HP-UX 10.20 functionality.

Software Distributor (swinstall / swlist)
added some capabilities to the IPD
(Installed Products Database) in HP-UX 11.00
to record additional information about
installed patches, which Security Patch
Check needs to determine if a vulnerability
is not already addressed by a patch
installed on the machine other than the one
reported in the bulletin.

Security Patch Check doesn't support 10.20
because it relies on features of SD that
aren't available in 10.20.

Sorry about that.

[james mcintyre_1]

john:

thanks for the update.

i gather the required mods for sd will not be pushed to 10.2 ?

has a time frame bee set when 10.2 support will be pulled ?

thanks again....jim mc....

[John Diamant]

> i gather the required mods for sd will
> not be pushed to 10.2 ?

That's correct. Patch management and
structure changed significantly between
10.20 and 11.00.

> has a time frame been set when 10.2 support > will be pulled ?

Yes. See this forum thread:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x639aee3e323bd5118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

The 10.20 discontinuance letter can be
found here:
http://www.hp.com/workstations/products/unix/operating/hpux1020/discont.html

> thanks again....jim mc....

You're welcome.

John

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x6f6187dc4d7dd5118ff00090279cd0f9,00.html

to follow some links to software.hp.com

Later,
Bill