RE: Program with Functionality Similar to UpdateEXPERT?
From: Chris Berry (compjma_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/09/03
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To: security-basics@securityfocus.com Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 16:33:05 -0700
>From: "Jason Balicki" <kodak@frontierhomemortgage.com>
> >From: Chris Berry [mailto:compjma@hotmail.com]
>
> >However if you don't want to do that, why not
> >just turn on the auto-update feature for all the workstations?
>
>Because automatic updates are dangerous. I need to test the
>updates in our specific environment before I apply them
>network-wide.
>
>Microsoft updates have broken things before (811493 for example)
>and testing patches=saved asses.
That's sound planning. Hmm, have you considered using samba 3.0 to deploy
them using group policy objects, or you could download and distribute using
logon scripts, or you could probably write a perl program to distribute it
for you, etc. etc. What I do is use my workstation as the patch test bed.
>And in regards to an "all MS" shop -- yeah, only one would be
>needed. But it's a slippery slope. :)
Hehe that's true. I don't have any choice here, some of our apps only run
on MS OS.
Chris Berry
compjma@hotmail.com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates
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