Re: Websites for Patch Management Issues?

[Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>]

Tim Lane wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Is there anyone aware of any good websites that cover problems with MS
> Patch Management?  Increasingly we are finding problems with MS patches
> we have applied.
>
> Some testing has been introduced but does not cover anything, a website
> that covers operational issues or bugs/fixes with patches themselves
> would be helpful if anyone knows of one or more.

Tim,

I find the microsoft.public.windowsupdate newsgroup helpful. The
signal to noise ratio is sometime low but significant patterns
show up pretty quickly. The last two times there were significant
problems with patches, I could tell the next day by reviewing posts.
I use the posts as one component of deciding whether to approve
patches for distribution through our WSUS server and it hasn't
failed me yet.

Also helpful are the microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvc,
microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services, and
microsoft.public.security groups.

If you don't want to set up a newsreader, you may be able to access
the group through a browser using Google groups.



--
Gary Flynn
Security Engineer
James Madison University
www.jmu.edu/computing/security

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