Adobe Working on New Automatic Updater
A new automatic updater mechanism that will silently patch security holes without any user action
Adobe plans to ship a new automatic updater mechanism that will silently patch security holes without any user action. Sometime this month, the company will release the updater to beta users to test the effectiveness of silent patching. In effect, the tool gives end users an automatic download in the background and will install the updates with no user interaction option.
According to Adobe security chief Brad Arkin, the tool be configurable for end users that want more control of the patching process.
Studies have shown that silent updaters are the most effective way to ensure the widest possible distribution of security patches and Adobe is clearly hoping that this will speed up the distribution of its patches.
In the Threatpost Q&A, Arkin also addresses his team’s incident response process and explains why it’s near impossible to remove JavaScript support from PDF Reader, despite the known dangers associated with JavaScript.
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