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Re: [Networker] Overall opinion of 7.2.2?

2006-07-11 12:13:26
Subject: Re: [Networker] Overall opinion of 7.2.2?
From: George Sinclair <George.Sinclair AT NOAA DOT GOV>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:07:55 -0400
As far as upgrading the clients to 7.2.2 also, until this can be completed, should older versions of the client work OK with the 7.2.2 server as far as the backup mechanics are concerned?

It's been my experience, at least with older releases like NetWorker 6.x, that clients seem to work OK even when at older releases than the server and even when at newer releases, but that was from a mechanics point of view and had nothing to do with security.

George

Tim Mooney wrote:

In regard to: [Networker] Overall opinion of 7.2.2?, George Sinclair said...:

My main desire to go to 7.2.2 is to encompass as many of the security
enhancements as possible, and in the easiest manner,


Then 7.2.2 is probably the way to go.  It's been at least as stable as
7.1.4 was for us.

27-Apr-2006 EMC Technical Alert for NetWorker - LGTOpa84882 (mentions fix is included in 7.2.2, and patches are available for other releases, but says nothing about 7.2.1)


That's why we went to 7.2.2.  Note that you need to upgrade all your
clients too, since the (remotely exploitable) vulnerability is in
nsrexecd, which runs on your clients too (except NetWare clients).

Tim

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