16 Software Update Good Practice


   Software Update Good Practice


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 frequently on remote machine(s)


2.Always add versioning to your files. It will give you a better control over what version is already located on the target machines. See here.


3.Always pay attention to already compressed files. The reason is that a small change in an uncompressed file could lead to major changes in compressed form.


Thus, creating a binary diff file from already compressed files should be avoided and it is not recommended.


4.The same relates to encrypted files or encrypted data files.


Try to avoid performing binary differencing on encrypted data. SecureUPDATE files are already encrypted. See more here.