RE: Deploying Microsoft patches

["Alexander Suhovey" <asuhovey () mtu-net ru>]

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Ashurst [mailto:ashur624 () erau edu]
> > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:50 PM
> > To: Ronish Mehta
> > Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Subject: RE: Deploying Microsoft patches
[...]
> If you choose to use SUS, consider these caveats: 
> You can't use a domain controller (DC) as a SUS
[...]


> From SUS SP1 Release Notes [1]:
--snip--
Some of the improvements described in the release notes include:
   Ability to run on Windows 2000 Domain Controller and Small Business
Server 
--snip--

[1] http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/docs/SUS_sp1_install.doc

Al.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jane Han [mailto:janehan22 () yahoo com] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 6:45 PM
> To: ashur624 () erau edu
> Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Deploying Microsoft patches
>
>
> How can you apply different patches to w2k and win xp
> client machines since the patch is different with
> these clients?  or it does not matter since the patch
> can recognize thedifferent OS and apply them?
>
> I just set up SUS and deploy it through group policy.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jane
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Ashurst [mailto:ashur624 () erau edu]
> > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:50 PM
> > To: Ronish Mehta
> > Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Subject: RE: Deploying Microsoft patches
> >
> >
> > Try SUS from M$. Its free. You just set up your
> > windows 2000 server as a
> > windows update server for your organization. Then
> > you can turn on
> > automatic update featue on your clients, without
> > filling up your pipe to
> > the internet.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/default.asp
> > If you choose to use SUS, consider these caveats:
> >
> > You can't use a domain controller (DC) as a SUS
> > server, but you can use
> > a DC as a client. You can't use SUS to deploy
> > service packs. You can't
> > use SUS to deploy your own updates (you can use this
> > tool to deploy only
> > Windows critical updates, Windows critical security
> > updates, and Windows
> > security roll-ups)
> >
> > A good article about SUS setup and maintenance:
> http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=26752
> > -Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ronish Mehta [mailto:sf_mail_sbm () yahoo com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:47 AM
> > To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Subject: Deploying Microsoft patches
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > there are about 500 pcs in the company that i work
> > for,
> > all of them are on Win 2K Professional
> >
> > With this amount of PCs, it is very difficult to
> > keep
> > all of these PCs patched with the latest security
> > patches
> >
> > We have tried to automate the process by launching
> > the installation by
> > using AD 'Startup Script'. However the patch is
> > installed every time the
> > PC is booted
> >
> > Currently we are deploying patches manually, and
> > this
> > is very time consuming, and we are not able to keep
> > uptodate with the latest patches being released by
> > Microsoft
> >
> > Anyone who has an automated process for deploying
> > patches without the use of Commercial tools for
> > remote installations?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
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