RE: Patch Deployment

["mike" <mike () mishley net>]

Just finished the test installation, things are going well.  Looking right 
now at using it to distributed crafted MSI packages for registry changes 
(for instance, to disable DCOM service).  The interface is kind of strange 
but once you understand it it's relatively forgiving.  Make sure to contact 
technical support if you have ANY questions, they are very responsive and 
also quite knowledgeable, so use the resources you've been given.  Also, 
make sure you update your PLUS server right away as some critical hotfixes 
have come out (functionality related, not security).  You'll see the list of 
updates on the homepage of the application in the scrollbar on the right. 

One note.  They suggest installing on a vanilla Windows 200 Server SP 2 
machine with IIS installed...if you don't go and install the MDAC packages, 
the installation won't work at all.  You can find those packages at 
http://www.microsoft.com/data/download_260rtm.htm.  Once I installed that it 
worked fine, otherwise you'll get an MSDE error and it'll freeze at 74%. 

Overall seems like a very capable product.  I quite like it insofar as 
Windows desktops are concerned.  I would never use automated patch 
management for servers or *nix boxes, but this'll cut down on patch 
management for the desktops in a big way. 

Mish 

-----Original Message-----
From: Myers, Marvin [mailto:MRMyers () anteon com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 2:09 PM
To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: [Full-disclosure] Patch Deployment 


Anyone on the list have any experience with a product called "PatchLink 
Update? And if so do you mind sharing your experiences with it? 

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