Re: oracle security patch

yls177_at_hotmail.com (yls177) wrote in message news:<c06e4d68.0409071824.88dfa22_at_posting.google.com>...
> bdbafh_at_gmail.com (Paul Drake) wrote in message news:<910046b4.0409070825.4138263d_at_posting.google.com>...
> > yls177_at_hotmail.com (yls177) wrote in message news:<c06e4d68.0409070030.ebc3f7d_at_posting.google.com>...
> > > hi, our security guy requests me for this
> > > http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/pdf/2004alert68.pdf
> > > i took a look and find that my oracle product is not in the list of
> > > supported products affected. My current version is oracle 8i 8.1.7.2
> > > and the nearest it could affect is 8.1.7.4
> > >
> > > any comments?
> >
> > 0. include the relevant operating system info.
> >
> > 1. thoroughly test your backup/restore/recovery configuration.
> > 2. roll up your sleeves and test the 8.1.7.4.16 patchset (win32)
> > (after applying 8.1.7.4.1) in your test environment.
> > 3. apply to production during a scheduled maintenance window.
> > 4. seriously consider moving to 9.2.0.5 (with the patches issued for
> > alert #68 applied) soon.
> >
> > -bdbafh
>
>
>
> okay, my operating system is hpux 11.0 and my oracle version is posted as above.

the metalink doc that lists the OS-specific patches is referenced in the published alert.

-bdbafh Received on Wed Sep 08 2004 - 11:43:53 CDT