While this topic may not be a real art form – false positives are no doubt a huge pain to deal with. That’s why we strive to not have any – but alas sometimes things happen. Ok – so the Watchman client (pre 3.2) used to give false positives when checking drives I/O (that’s input/output […]
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The art of False Positives
Thursday, April 14th, 2011 / NewsMac Client 3.2
Sunday, April 10th, 2011 / Mac Client, Release Notes[Feature] Rewrite of the Time Machine plugin for reliability in manually running Time Machine (to be added in the 3.3 client’s PreferencePane). [Feature] Easier filtering of I/O Error check filters to reduce false positives. [Change] Only scan last two hours’ logs for various errors. [Bugfix] Properly handle “&” in the ClientGroup.
The new era of Consulting
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 / NewsAs Watchman Monitoring continues to grow and gain more subscribers, we have heard wonderful stories about how it has not only made them money (which is a good thing) but made them be a more proactive consultant (which is a GREAT thing). In the day where everyone and their mothers are “consultants”, what separates a […]
Mac Client 3.1
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 / Mac Client, Release Notes[Feature] Added an Uninstaller to the Watchman Client’s PreferencePane. [Feature] Added an “Update Now” button to the PreferencePane. [Feature] Added an -F flag to the updater script, to force an update if desired. [Feature] Option-click the Watchman icon in the PreferencePane to see the current status on the Watchman Server’s web interface.
Auto updating is here!
Thursday, March 10th, 2011 / NewsIt’s been a long, careful road to bring Auto-Updating to the Watchman Client, and I’m happy to say it’s done. Security was at the heart of the matter, with stability a close second. We’ve achieved both. In a nutshell: The client downloads a list of authorized installer sha512 signatures. The client then checks to see […]