10 Software Update Good Practice


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Software Update Good Practice:


Some simple rules to guide you along a successfully more secure, safer software update, with better results than before:


    1. Do not attempt to update software files that change (like setting files) on target machine, before you apply the SecurePATCH file. See here.


    1. Add versioning to your files. It will give you a better control over what version is already located on the TARGET PCs. See here.


    1. Always pay attention to already compressed files. The reason is that a small change in an uncompressed file could lead to major changes in the compressed form. Thus, creating a binary diff file from already compressed files should be avoided and it is not recommended.


    1. The same relates to encrypted files or encrypted data files. Try to avoid performing binary differencing on encrypted data. SecureDELTA already offers a method to securely encrypt the binary diff data it creates.