Signed Patches

All patches provided by Sun Microsystems and that are available for the Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, and 9 releases include a digital signature. A valid digital signature ensures that the patch has not been modified since the signature was applied.

Using signed patches is a secure method of downloading or applying patches because the patches include a digital signature that can be verified before the patch is applied to your system.

Signed patches are stored in Java archive format (JAR) files and are available from SunSolve Online^SM.

For more information about signed patches, see http:sunsolve.Sun.COM/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/spfaq or http:sunsolve.Sun.COM/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/spag.