Patches

This list is never complete, of course. Please feel free to send any updates or suggestions to us, at patchlist at dc509 dot org (you know the drill).

• Sun Microsystems (Solaris)

  Sun Microsystems no longer offers patch buncles unless you have a maintenance (or support) contract. You can, however, retrieve recommended and security patches, one at a time. With or without a contract, the place for patches is the same. http://sunsolve.sun.com/ is the portal, and once you've agreed to terms, the quick way to patches is here: http://sunsolve.sun.com/show.do?target=patches/patch-access

• Red Hat

  Red Hat's nearly as much fun as Sun. http://www.redhat.com/security/ Their actual updates are documented in http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/.

• Debian

  Debian is a sensible distribution, and they want you to be able to find the patches. They're right there, linked on the front page of the site, http://www.debian.org/.

• Slackware

  One of the oldest Linux distributions, and still going strong. http://www.slackware.com/ has a nice link to the security advisories, http://www.slackware.com/security/.

• Fedora

  Fedora, an offspring of the original Red Hat distribution, provides patches on their site, http://fedoraproject.org/. You're on your own, here. Check out the bugs section under Docs.

• FreeBSD

  FreeBSD has advisories on the main page, and the newest ones are right there, nice and easy to find, http://www.freebsd.org/. Earlier issues, and other information, are on security, http://www.freebsd.org/security/.

• OpenBSD

  OpenBSD ( http://www.openbsd.org/), also has a page devoted to patches, http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html. Unfortunately, it changes with each new release. Not polite, Theo.

• NetBSD

  NetBSD ( http://www.netbsd.org/), while not as well known, is reputed to run on computers that were old before many of us were born. They make it a bit difficult to find patches; http://www.netbsd.org/support/security/.

• Microsoft
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2003
  • Vista
  • Office Family
  • EOL Systems: Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows Millenium (Windows ME)