Secunia ( http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/ ) - has a pretty cool product that has 3rd Party app patch detection. I have used their PSI tool at home, and I like it. Their "Corporate" version I am betting as a way for the admin to push updates, but I am can't say for sure. I do know that the PSI gives you a clickable "update" feature that does one of a couple things: does the update automagically / auto downloads the update for you to install / or sends you to an update page.
I have seen quite a few desktop apps that do the same thing, but never encountered anything at the corporate or even small biz level. -- Rob Fuller | Mubix Room362.com | Hak5.org | TheAcademyPro.com On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Jody & Jennifer McCluggage < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > > A few episodes ago Carlos made the excellent observation that many > organizations do not have a centrally controlled automated strategy for > patching 3rd party (non-Microsoft) applications on Windows. He correctly > pointed out that Microsoft/Windows Update and WSUS does not patch 3rdparty > applications. As late as last year, the number one application attack > vector was Office. But according to one recent survey, this year the number > one application attack vector were made up of some ubiquitous Adobe products > (probably not a surprise to anyone here) so obviously patching only > Microsoft products is no longer a viable solution. > > > > Does anyone have any recommendations of any products (commercial or open > source) that are appropriate for small to mid-size organizations that can > centrally deliver approved 3rd party application patches to Windows > machines? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Jody > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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