Silent Update System — General Documentation

Description

The Silent Update System is a Reacts mechanism designed to maintain the Reacts application up-to-date. The service allows Philips to deliver security and feature updates in a way that is fast, transparent, consistent, reliable and secure.

Process

The Silent Update System automatically downloads and prepares new versions of the Reacts application in the background. As soon as the user closes and re-opens the Reacts application, the latest version is launched. The system has no impact on the end-user: the updates are applied without generating any interruption whatsoever.

 

Delivery Frequency

Fastlane

By default, all new Reacts installations are subscribed to the Fastlane. Clients that subscribe to the Fastlane will receive Reacts updates as soon as they are stable and released to the public. Clients that subscribe to the Fastlane will benefit from the most up-to-date security and features. 

Clients subscribe to the Fastlane automatically during the normal installation of the application.

Technical Documentation

Domain Names

To allow the system to work, the following domain names must be whitelisted in organizational firewalls. These are part of the domain names already used by the Reacts application.

Domain Names
Purpose

svc.iitreacts.com

The service will connect regularly to this API to determine if newer versions are available.

www.iitreacts.com

If a newer version is available, the service will download the package at this address.

 

Outbound Ports

Only port 443 is used.

Inbound Ports

No inbound ports are used.

Protocols

Only HTTPS is used.

Executables

Executable File
Purpose
ReactsUpdateService.exe
Windows service responsible to keep Reacts up-to-date.
ReactsLoader.exe
Executable used to start the Reacts client.
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