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| - | ====== Physics Patch Management Software ====== | ||
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| - | Note: As of February 1, 2011, BigFix became part of IBM. BigFix has been rebranded as IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (built on BigFix technology). | ||
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| - | ===== Overview ===== | ||
| - | Internet-based attacks upon individual desktop and laptop computers are a world-wide problem. | ||
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| - | After installing the small Bigfix software package on your computer, it will communicate with the School' | ||
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| - | The Bigfix client software is required by the School' | ||
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| - | Certain basic inventory information about the computer - such as IP address, operating system, some hardware data, and the presence or absence of critical security updates - is collected. | ||
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| - | Updates applied by Bigfix will be limited to the following actions | ||
| - | * critical OS updates from Microsoft or Apple | ||
| - | * updates to the following applications: | ||
| - | * reporting on presence or absence of antivirus software | ||
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| - | If an update requires a system restart, a 24-hour warning will generally be given although we reserve the right to shorten that time in exceptional circumstances. | ||
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| - | ===== Install the BigFix Client Software ===== | ||
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| - | * Download and install instructions for the BigFix client software: | ||
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| - | ===== More Information ===== | ||
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| - | If you encounter problems or need assistance, please [[: | ||
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| - | ===== Frequently Asked Questions ===== | ||
| - | * My computer runs some equipment in our lab and cannot be rebooted automatically. What should I do? | ||
| - | * Contact us to discuss moving your machine to a private lan with access only to required services (and not the internet) | ||
| - | * What if our group runs a server which should not be rebooted automatically? | ||
| - | * Some servers MAY be exempt if they are actively managed by a professional systems administrator. Contact us with details. | ||
| - | * Keeping a machine secure and compliant is a lot of work! | ||
| - | * Consider taking advantage of our fully managed [[:: | ||