Automatic Notifications And Scheduled Package Installations; Security, Quality Assurance, And Red Hat Network - Red Hat NETWORK ENTERPRISE - USER REFERENCE GUIDE 1.1.1 User Reference Manual

Chapter 1. What is Red Hat Network?
an RHN user account. In the Corporate Account Information section, they should enter the
customer number and password configured when you created the corporate account. Before the new
corporate user can log in, an existing Organization Administrator for the corporation must approve
the addition of the user and configure the new user's roles and permissions. Refer to Section 6.3 for
more information on approving new users.
The Red Hat Network features available to you depends on the subscription level for each Red Hat
Linux system.
Systems subscribed to RHN Enterprise may access the following features:
1. System Set Manager that allows administrators to perform an action on a selected set of sys-
tems at the same time
2. Enhanced system details including the location of the system
3. System groups
4. System search
5. User management
6. Multiple administrators
7. Grant or deny users access to selected system groups
8. Organization Administrator can modify the user details of all users within the organization
1.4. Automatic Notifications and Scheduled Package Installations
You can configure Red Hat Network to send you email notifications of new and updated software
packages as soon as the packages are available through RHN. You can also schedule package packages
or package updates. The benefits include:
Reduced time and effort required by system administrators to stay on top of the Red Hat Errata list
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Minimized security vulnerabilities in your network by providing the patches as soon as Red Hat
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releases them
Filtered list of package updates (packages not relevant to your network are not included)
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Reliable method of managing multiple systems with similar configurations
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1.5. Security, Quality Assurance, and Red Hat Network

Red Hat Network provides significant benefits to your network including security and quality assur-
ance. All transactions made between you and Red Hat Network are encrypted, and all RPM packages
are signed with Red Hat's GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) signature to ensure authenticity.
Red Hat Network incorporates the following security measures:
1. Your System Profile available at http://rhn.redhat.com is only accessible with an RHN verified
user name and password.
2. A Digital Certificate is written to the client system after registration and is used to authenticate
the system during each transaction between the client and Red Hat Network. The file is only
readable by the root user on the client system.
3. All notifications and information messages are signed by Red Hat with an electronic signature
using GPG. RPM can be used to verify the authenticity of the package before it is installed.
4. All transactions are encrypted using a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection.
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