HP-UX Software Assistant Frequently Asked Questions

Q5:WhatistheHTMLreport?
A5:TheHTMLreportcombinestheAction,IssueandDetailreportsintoasinglefile
formattedforviewingwithinawebbrowser.Thereportcontentincludesdirect
linkstoITRCdocumentsforfulldetailssuchas:securitybulletins,patchwarnings,
patchdocumentationandbundlecontents.
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Q6:Whatisdetectionconfidence(DC)?
A6:TheSEC(securitybulletin)analyzerwasbuilttoreportanybulletinthatmightbe
applicabletoanHP‐UXsystem.ThismayresultinSWAreportingissuesthatdonot
existonthetargetsystem.Forthisreason,detectionconfidenceisprovided.In
somecasesSWAcanbecertainthatabulletinisapplicableandhasnotbeen
addressed.ThesebulletinsareassignedadetectionconfidenceofDefinite.A
bulletinmayrequireanactionthatSWAcannotdetect,suchaseditingafileor
changingdirectorypermissions.AdetectionconfidenceofRelevantisusedto
indicatethesoftwarespecifiedbythebulletinispresent,buttheresolvingactionis
notdetectablebySWA.SWAcannotdetectsoftwarethatisnotinstalledusingthe
SD‐UXswinstall(1m)co
mmand.SoftwareprovidedbyHPthatsupportsthecurrent
HP‐UXrelease,butisnotdetectablebySWA,willbegiventhedetection
confidenceofUnkn
own.
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Networking
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Q1:DoesSWAuseaninternetconnection?
A1:SWAreliesonacatalogfilethatprovidesinformationonallknownissuesand
resolutionsforthesupportedreleases.SWAmayalsobeusedtodownload
patchesandpatchbundlesintoaninstallation‐readydepot.
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Q2:CanIuseproxieswithSWA?
A2:SWAprovidesmechanismstosp
ecifyproxiesviaoptions,environmentvariables,
andconfigurationfiles.
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Q3:IfIdo
n’thaveproxies,canIuseSWA?
A3:Ifsimpleproxiesarenotsufficient,SWAprovidesthe“‐xdownload_cmd=”option.
Thisoptioncanbeusedtospecifyauser‐specifiedcommandorscriptthatis
passedaURLandreturnsthecontentsviastdout.Severalsuchcommandsexistas
opensourceincludingcurlandwgetortheGETcommandincludedwithPerl.
ThesecanbeusedtosupportcomplexproxiesorcombinedwithSSHtospecifya
gatewaysystem.Forexample,thef
ollowingcommandwilldownloadanewSWA
catalogfilebyconnectingtothesystemgrendel,astheuserguest,viaSSHand
fromtheredownloadingthecontentviathePerlGETcommand:
#swastepcatalog‐xdownload_cmd="sshguest@grendel/opt/perl/bin/GET"
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