RE: Deploying Microsoft patches

From: Nick Duda (nduda_at_VistaPrint.com)
Date: 09/11/03

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To: "Jane Han" <janehan22@yahoo.com>, <ashur624@erau.edu>

    If there is a separate patch between xp and 2k, SUS downloads each of them and lets you approve them.

    - Nick

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Jane Han [mailto:janehan22@yahoo.com]
    Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:45 AM
    To: ashur624@erau.edu
    Cc: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Re: Deploying Microsoft patches

    How can you apply different patches to w2k and win xp
    client machines since the patch is different with
    these clients? or it does not matter since the patch
    can recognize thedifferent OS and apply them?

    I just set up SUS and deploy it through group policy.

    Thanks,

    Jane
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Kevin Ashurst [mailto:ashur624@erau.edu]
    > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:50 PM
    > To: Ronish Mehta
    > Cc: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: RE: Deploying Microsoft patches
    >
    >
    > Try SUS from M$. Its free. You just set up your
    > windows 2000 server as a
    > windows update server for your organization. Then
    > you can turn on
    > automatic update featue on your clients, without
    > filling up your pipe to
    > the internet.
    >
    >
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/default.asp
    >
    > If you choose to use SUS, consider these caveats:
    >
    > You can't use a domain controller (DC) as a SUS
    > server, but you can use
    > a DC as a client. You can't use SUS to deploy
    > service packs. You can't
    > use SUS to deploy your own updates (you can use this
    > tool to deploy only
    > Windows critical updates, Windows critical security
    > updates, and Windows
    > security roll-ups)
    >
    > A good article about SUS setup and maintenance:
    >
    >
    http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=26752
    >
    > -Kevin
    >
    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Ronish Mehta [mailto:sf_mail_sbm@yahoo.com]
    > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:47 AM
    > To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: Deploying Microsoft patches
    >
    >
    > 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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