Re: Deploying Microsoft patches

From: Nicholas Diotte (xphox_at_xphox.net)
Date: 07/11/03

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To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
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    Depending on what your looking for, there are a couple products that I can
    recommend. First is Microsoft's SUS server, check out
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/default.asp, the
    next thing you can check out is "Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer",
    and if you like this product, you can go for the retail version by Shavlik
    HFNetChkPro http://www.shavlik.com.

    Hope one of these is what your looking for...

    --Nick

    >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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