Re: Deploying Microsoft patches

From: Su Wadlow (swadlow_at_utdallas.edu)
Date: 07/11/03

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    Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:28:07 -0500
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com

    --On Friday, July 11, 2003 2:47 AM -0700 Ronish Mehta
    <sf_mail_sbm@yahoo.com> wrote:

    > 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

    Microsoft Software Update Services.

    <http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/default.asp>

    Basically a company-internal version of Windows Update. Note that
    you can't use it to apply service packs; but it's *great* for applying
    other patches. And it's one product that you don't have to pay MS
    for. :-)

    We've been using it for patch deployment for over a year now, and it
    works great. Takes all the manual labor out of keeping our systems
    up to date. 

    -- 
Su
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