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December 16, 2005
Security updates
Security updates: These four patches -- for a possible denial-of-service with Flash Media Server, cumulative security updaters for ColdFusion 7 and JRun 4, and a special fix for a CFMail vulnerability in ColdFusion 6 -- all entered the news today, but I wanted to add a few more links. The notification service gets the news directly to your mailbox, or your colleague's mailbox... the updates page (accessible from the main MM navbar) always lists the latest version of any tool... Adobe has its own security center with different resources, and these two sites will eventually be merged. Yesterday's story on a monthly patch schedule mainly benefits larger installations where planning for mass-updates is required... it should be implemented during the first half of 2006, but a lot of details still need to be finalized first. (If you've got any thoughts or concerns on scheduled updates then please let me know in the comments, thanks.) And finally, using the Alert Adobe page for warning about any possible vulnerability is greatly appreciated -- things like How can a local SWF access the net? are better addressed in technotes and other support materials, but if you see a way any Macromedia/Adobe tool can be hacked for evil then we really need to know ASAP, thanks!
Posted by John Dowdell at December 16, 2005 01:48 PM
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