Cisco set to embark on regular release cycle.
Following a trend set by
Microsoft
‘s monthly ‘Patch Tuesdays’ and
Oracle
‘s quarterly security updates, networking giant
Cisco
has announced it will release patches for its
Internetwork Operating System
(
IOS
) on fixed dates.
The patches, which
Cisco
calls ‘Security Advisories’, will be released on the fourth Wednesdays of March and September, with the first Security Advisory available on the 26th of March.
In doing this,
Cisco
responds to calls from many of its customers for more predictability in its updates. If there is a serious vulnerability that is publicly disclosed or that is known to be actively exploited,
Cisco
will publish an individual Security Advisory outside the cycle.
More details can be found at
Cisco
here
.
Posted on 11 March 2008 by
Virus Bulletin
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