Fwd: Managing updates for a large number of hosts running unstable/sid

2011-03-29 Thread Brad Alexander
Forwarded to the list... -- Forwarded message -- From: Brad Alexander Date: Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:09 PM Subject: Re: Managing updates for a large number of hosts running unstable/sid To: Andrei Popescu I'm not looking to do partial updates. I just need to be alerted w

Re: Managing updates for a large number of hosts running unstable/sid

2011-03-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 25 mar 11, 12:26:42, Brad Alexander wrote: ... > have run into problems with both of these solutions. Nessus only performs > local security checks against stable, and all of the hosts in question are > running a snapshot of unstable. ... > What are others using for this type of checks on a

Managing updates for a large number of hosts

2011-03-25 Thread Brad Alexander
Hi, I wanted to pick your brains about the best way to manage updates for a large number of Debian hosts. In essence, what I would like to do would be the equivalent of Nessus or OpenVAS local security checks. Unfortunately, I have run into problems with both of these solutions. Nessus only perfor