Comments on: Autopilot in the ColdFusion Updater Minefield

By: Andy K

Andy K — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:54:14 +0000

I recently found David’s UU2 as well and was astounded that:

1 — nobody had done this before
and more importantly
2 — why the heck did Adobe not include this capability long ago???

I understand that Zeus may have something similar, but if so and until then, hats off to David for one of the most useful CF projects I’ve ever come across!!

By: brian

brian — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:34:11 +0000

@Jim – I wish I had known too – I have been putting off updating my server for about 4 months because I knew how heinous it was going to be.
@David – we can handle the lockdown part… thanks!!

By: David Epler

David Epler — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:38:51 +0000

Brian,

I’m glad that UU2 helped you out. Just to be clear, it will get you most of the way there on the HackMyCF scan. Things like updating the JVM that CF uses to 1.6.0_24+ and locking down CF still need to be done, but at least the headache of applying the updates is gone.

No need for a baby, a beer will do just fine.

By: Jim Priest

Jim Priest — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:40:17 +0000

NOW you tell me.

I just spent a few hours yesterday updating a fresh local install of CF9…