any extra patches to consider?
From: Patrice sur GMail <patrice.boivin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 13:30:52 -0300
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After Y2K I was playing around with a software called Harris InfoSTAT which scanned our Windows workstation, told us what vulnerabilities existed, and which Windows security updates were missing. Even though we were applying all the updates recommended by Microsoft, there were 2 or 3 which existed but that Microsoft had forgotten to put into the update system or decided to omit. (there were also a bunch of registry settings InfoSTAT recommended like disable CD drive autostart and probably now they would say disable USB ports but that's something else)
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 13:30:52 -0300
Message-ID: <CACH2ED+-SgCjB0phFnFO9fqu5fF7ydcTY-OyBhFj4cwP5_PPhg_at_mail.gmail.com>
After Y2K I was playing around with a software called Harris InfoSTAT which scanned our Windows workstation, told us what vulnerabilities existed, and which Windows security updates were missing. Even though we were applying all the updates recommended by Microsoft, there were 2 or 3 which existed but that Microsoft had forgotten to put into the update system or decided to omit. (there were also a bunch of registry settings InfoSTAT recommended like disable CD drive autostart and probably now they would say disable USB ports but that's something else)
When I realized Microsoft "missed' some vulnerability updates, it left me wondering what Windows bug fixes were also missing.
Regarding Oracle, are there any "good" patches which aren't included in the PSU bundles? (PSU here including both bug and security fixes).
Just wondering.
Other than poking around in Oracle's Support site by product looking for patches, is there a tech note page which lists other patches, like perhaps for EBS or other products, that would be useful to have in more generic databases?
I am fishing I suppose but I know there are smart people on this list who know more than I do.
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