Maximum Security, Fourth Edition

Appendix C. Vendor Information and Security Standards

IN THIS APPENDIX

• Vendor Security Information

• RFC Documents Relevant to Security

This appendix explains how to obtain security information from particular vendors. It also provides an annotated list of available Internet standards, known as Request for Comments (RFC) documents, which address security.

Vendor Security Information

Instead of an out-of-date list of vendor security bulletins, in this section you will learn how to obtain the vendors’ current lists of security bulletins and patches.

Any good system administrator will regularly check the security sites of the products he has, or get on their security mailing lists.

Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard provides a great deal of security information. ...