VMware Offers Product Updates with Security Fixes

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Sep 20, 20072 mins

VMware has just released dot release updates to three of its virtualization platforms to address a number of security concerns. VMware has updated its free hosted server virtualization platform, VMware Server to version 1.0.4 and has addressed a number of security concerns while at the same time resolving a number of outstanding issues. Read about them, here. The company has also updated two of its desktop virtu

VMware has just released dot release updates to three of its virtualization platforms to address a number of security concerns.

VMware has updated its free hosted server virtualization platform, VMware Server to version 1.0.4 and has addressed a number of security concerns while at the same time resolving a number of outstanding issues.

Read about them, here.

The company has also updated two of its desktop virtualization platforms – VMware Player 2.0.1 and VMware Workstation 6.0.1. Both products have a number of security updates and fixes.

Click here for VMware Player update information.

Or, click here for information on VMware Workstation.

In addition to security fixes on Workstation, VMware also updated the product to include the following:

Workstation 6.0.1 adds experimental support for the following operating systems:

  • 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Server 2008 (code name Longhorn) as host and guest operating systems

  • 32-bit and 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 as host and guest operating systems

  • 32-bit and 64-bit openSUSE Linux 10.3 as host and guest operating systems

  • 32-bit and 64-bit Turbolinux 10 Server as a guest operating system

Workstation 6.0.1 adds full support for the following operating systems:

  • 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu Linux 7.04 as host and guest operating systems

  • 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 (formerly called 4.0 Update 5) as host and guest operating systems

  • 32-bit and 64-bit FreeBSD 6.2 as a guest operating system