In preparation for the promotion of SCYLD to domain controller, the latest Microsoft software patches were applied to it. These included Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3, and the latest IIS Security Rollup package, among others.

The Google search software was updated to version 3.4.12.

The Google system software was updated to version 1.16. Both updates address security issues.

Since these two machines were being rebooted anyway, the latest Security and critical updates from Microsoft were applied to both SHASTA and WHITNEY.
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Added patch to Sendmail 8.11.6 to fix buffer overflow problem reported on March 29, 2003 per CERT Advisory CA-2003-12 Buffer Overflow in Sendmail
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/897604
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The time reinstalling Office 2000 was used to apply the latest Security Updates from Microsoft. HERMIONE was rebooted.

Hermione’s IIS instance was patched to the latest upgrade spec to fix the most recent vulnerabilities.

redherring, the SNAP Appliance for OIS, was upgraded from version 3.0 to version 3.4.

The PHP scripting engine on the University Web Server, www.ups.edu, was upgraded to version 4.3.0. Details of the configuration are at http://www.ups.edu/info.php

Veronica and Vashon were patched with SQL Server 2000 SP3. Vashon has not yet been rebooted.

Installed Google system version 1.15 and software version 3.4.10.
Updated from versions 1.13 and 3.2, respectively

IIS security patches were applied to Webboard, Vason, and Ketron. Systems were rebooted.