PDCAT 2004: Parallel and Distributed Computing: Applications and Technologies pp 654-661 | Cite as
Patch Management System for Multi-platform Environment
Abstract
Patch management is one of the most important processes to fix vulnerabilities of softwares and to ensure a security of systems. Since an institute or a company has distributed hierarchical structure and the structure consists of many heterogeneous systems, it is not easy to update patches timely. In this paper, we propose a patch management framework with patch profiling mechanism and patch dependency solving mechanism. We implemented the proposed patch management framework with JAVA environments. We argue that the proposed framework can improve the patch management processes.
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Target System Dependency Problem Critical Security Client System Client AgentPreview
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