RE: MS Software Update Service

From: Brad Bemis (Brad.Bemis@airborne.com)
Date: 02/20/03

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From: "Brad Bemis" <Brad.Bemis@airborne.com>
To: "Starks, Brad" <BStarks@co.marin.ca.us>, focus-ms@securityfocus.com

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    Brad,

    The main limitation of SUS (by way of comparison to the other products you
    mentioned) is that it doesn't support office or server application updates.

    - From what I understand (and am in the process of investigating myself),
    there is a version of SUS that is available as part of an MS Software
    Assurance license that gives you additional features over and above the
    base version (but still far below what you can accomplish with the SMS SUS
    component). You might want to check into it.

    Thank you for your time and attention,

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    Brad Bemis, CISSP, CISA, CBCP
    Information Security Officer
    Airborne Express

    brad.bemis@airborne.com
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    From: Starks, Brad [mailto:BStarks@co.marin.ca.us]
    Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 4:43 PM
    To: 'focus-ms@securityfocus.com'
    Subject: MS Software Update Service

    Hi everyone,

    Microsoft's Software Update Service has been out for awhile (they've
    recently released a service pack for it, too) and I was curious as to what
    folks think about it. If you're using this technology, are you happy with
    it? How well does it suit your needs? Is it comparable to other solutions
    like Update Expert, Hfnetchk Pro, Net Octopus, etc.?

    In addition, has anyone used the Feature Pack for SMS that contains the SUS
    (as well as all kinds of additional) components? How does that compare to
    the standard SUS?

    Thanks in advance,

    Brad Starks
    IST Security Team
    County of Marin

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