Re: [ossig] Linux security patches - costs and features?

["Venantius Kumar" <venks@hitts.com>]

By push, do you mean to say that the RHN server actually contacts your
machine and tells it to update it self?

>From what I know, Mandrake (without club membership) can do security
updates, but its more like pull technology.  You have to run Mandrake Update
to patch your system.


regards,
Venantius.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Imran William Smith" <iwsmith@mimos.my>
To: <ossig@mncc.com.my>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 10:27 AM
Subject: [ossig] Linux security patches - costs and features?


> I'm trying to get an understanding of the different costs and
> ability of different Linuxes (sorry BSD guys) to stay up to date with
> security patches, and also whether they feature any kind
> of 'push' solution so the installation of patches can be
> centralized at one system administrator (unfortunately, end
> users cannot be guaranteed to install security patches regularly).
>
>
> All I know is
>
> Red Hat : USD 60 per year per desktop for RHN for desktop
>   Linux, much more for RH ES.  RHN is the ticket to
>   guaranteed access to patches.  Another USD 20 per year
>   or so (total USD 80 per desk per year) gives you
>   remote push technology.  Without paying, you
>   are effectively cut off from security updates unless
>   you complete frequent questionnaires (and you could
>   not expect all end-users to do that).
>
>
> Mandrake : USD 60 per year gives you access to MandrakeClub.
>    Not sure if this features push technology for security
>    updates.
>
>
> Debian:    Free updates.  Not sure about push technology.  Not sure
>    who is paying for bandwidth (could set up national
>    mirror I suppose, to help..?)    Not sure how quickly
>    updates are released, I believe at least as efficiently
>    as the corporate Linuxes.
>
>
>
> So in terms of cost, from what I can see, Debian wins.  In terms
> of remote push of security updates, from what I know, Red Hat wins,
> but I'm not sure how the others work.
>
>
> Can anybody add any more info?
>
> Thanks
> Imran
>
>
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> Imran William Smith
> Project Manager, Open Source Development,
> MIMOS Berhad, Malaysia
>
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