RE: Windows SUS

["Josh Mills" <JMills () cnbwaco com>]

The GPO does not actually push the updates, The policy just configures the automatic update service with a time and an 
internal server then everything is handled using the native auto update service of windows 2k post sp4 and xp.

All machines must be upto either w2k sp4 or xp.

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe DeMarco [mailto:demarcoj () comcast net]
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 11:41 AM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: Windows SUS


Additional question regarding SUS. Is there anything special (i.e..
Software) that needs to be loaded onto the client or does the GPO just
push the updates automatically when scheduled?

Joseph DeMarco
IS Specialist
800-852-6088 ext 102
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-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Mills [mailto:JMills () cnbwaco com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 7:18 PM
To: Raoul Armfield; security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: Windows SUS


I have looked into this and as far as i know there is no way to make
this work. I think they may be working on it for version 2 but i think
that got pushed back *again* to late summer now.

You can look in the content directory i think and it will have all the
patches that it has downloaded so if you know a machine is missing a
patch you can just go there and get it but otherwise it is scheduled
only.

-----Original Message-----
From: Raoul Armfield [mailto:armfield () amnh org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 12:49 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Windows SUS


Hi all,

We are setting up a SUS server here at our site.  We have been able to
get several machines to get their updates from it as opposed to directly
from the microsoft site.

My question is this, is there a way to set up SUS so that you can use a
browser to connect to http://susserver.mydomain.com and be able to have
it scan the machine and then download the needed updates, ala
windowsupdate.microsoft.com?

My googling has not turned up anything todate. maybe someone has
developed something like this already and is willing to share?


TIA

Raoul 


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