Re: [foxboro] XP Security Patches, whither art thou?
- From: Duc M Do <duc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:35:05 -0500
At 04:42 PM 1/25/08 -0500, Boulay, Russ wrote:
>
>Every Microsoft critical patch is tested by Foxboro and either
>blessed or not and posted on the website of that status.
True, I can see that. But....
>We can no longer supply as stated below consolidated on a CD or
>download from TAC website directly.
>We are working to change that.
My beef is that this has not clearly commnicated to the customers other
than those who, like Ed Zychowski, called up the GPS and asked pointed
questions.
When the instructions on the Web site still clearly stress that
customers should not download patches from no other site other than the
Invensys Web site, who can divine a change of procedures?
>But every smoke tested patch that has passed can be downloaded
>from Microsoft and applied to I/A
>All of the patches on Duc's list have been tested and blessed
>and show that status on the website
Again, a simple alert on the Web site stating what you stated here
would have alleviated a lot of confusion.
At 04:01 PM 1/25/08 -0600, Corey R Clingo wrote:
>So since I haven't actually tried any of these patches on my
>running system, what does "smoke test" mean? It will boot
>the Foxboro software?
>Or it will actually call up Foxview and AM, run a virtual CP,
>configurators, etc.?
If after you applied the patch and you could smell smoke, then you
shouldn't go for it?
>
>By the way, this entire topic is delicious. Nothing like
>controlling one's own destiny with Microsoft.
Thanks, Corey, for pointing that out. I was going to get to that
eventually but you beat me to it. Say anything you like about Sun, but
in the 15 or so years Solaris has been in use, I've never felt that
they dictate what I have to do with my Sun boxes. But I won't go down
that well-worn Solaris-is-superior-to-Windows path.
Duc
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