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Re: Automated Patching and Updates?
From: "Bradford B. Saul" <saulbb () JMU EDU>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:15:46 -0400
Just a side note on the SUS Server. How are schools that are using the SUS server handling Service Packs? From what I understand SUS does not support the distribution of Service Packs, and if the user has altered their registry to point to SUS.college.edu they will not be notified of Service Pack availability. Brad ----------------------------------- Bradford B. Saul Lead Network Engineer IT - Network Engineering Hoffman Hall Room 10, MSC 1401 James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 V: (540) 568-2379 F: (540) 568-1696 M: (540) 435-3079 saulbb () jmu edu
-----Original Message----- From: Sadler, Connie [mailto:Connie_Sadler () BROWN EDU] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 8:20 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] Automated Patching and Updates? Given all of the recent worm activity, etc., it seems timely to gather some information from you folks regarding what you are already doing - or planning to do - in terms of pushing updates and patches out to your user communities in a way that is not too "intrusive". We all work in diverse environments where many of our users are also sensitive to having someone else "touch" their machines. Yet it seems a losing battle to continue to manually update workstations in some areas when they are being automatically attacked in very sophisticated ways. Can you folks please share with us: 1) What you are already doing now - in terms of pushing or automating patching or updates? 2) What you are evaluating or looking at for doing this kind of thing - and in what areas of your environment? 3) What technologies you are familiar with and what platforms the solutions support? Thanks much! I am willing to summarize the input I receive if I get enough good feedback... Connie J. Sadler, CM, CISSP, CISM Director, IT Security, Brown University Box 1885, Providence, RI 02912 Connie_Sadler () Brown edu PGP Fingerprint: 452A C178 1450 9CE1 3AC1 CC12 956F 2C55 DB94 A9C7 Office: 401-863-7266 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.
----------------------------------- Bradford B. Saul Lead Network Engineer IT - Network Engineering Hoffman Hall Room 10, MSC 1401 James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 V: (540) 568-2379 F: (540) 568-1696 M: (540) 435-3079 saulbb () jmu edu ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.
Current thread:
- Automated Patching and Updates? Sadler, Connie (Sep 25)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Ron Parker (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Howell, Paul (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Craig W. Drake (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Ron Parker (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Tavakoli, Rooz (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Bradford B. Saul (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Wehner, Paul (wehnerpl) (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Bradford B. Saul (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Craig W. Drake (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Christian Grewell (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Beechey, Jim (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Joanne Murray (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Ariel Silverstone (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Brian Reilly (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Bruce Purcell (Sep 25)
- Re: Automated Patching and Updates? Ariel Silverstone (Sep 26)
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