Patches

Keep up-to-date with patches.

Don't let someone exploit a known security hole on your operating system. Stay current and install patches quickly.

Solaris patching can be automated with an OIT tool called PatchAlert. Or, you can retrieve patches directly from Sun.

Managing SGI patches isn't quite as convenient. You are encouraged to purchase a software support contract so you can receive the operating system and application patches that are in regularly released IRIX Maintenance Upgrades.

Sometimes upgrading to a new version of IRIX is not convenient or affordable. At those times, feel free to use the OIT maintained SGI patch area. It has security patches for BU IRIX machines which have installed without problems on OIT machines. Our testing is admittedly minimal. Your alternative is to download and install patches one-at-a-time from SGI. These may or may not work on BU IRIX machines.

How to access SGI patches for BU IRIX (recommended)

How to retrieve patches directly from SGI