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Reflections on Security and Backport Policies

Mary Ann Davidson, Oracle's Chief Security Officer, has just published a remarkable article that characteristically spans a broad range of subjects ranging from surfing to security. This is absolutely required reading:

Most notably, Mary Ann gives a candid and uncommonly-revealing view of the strategy and reasoning that underlies our security policies here at Oracle. All Apps sysadmins would do well to read this article carefully.  When you're done, stop and reread it, slowly, while thinking about the implications for your security and patching policies.

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