Re: Automated Patching and Updates?

["Beechey, Jim" <beechey () NORTHWOOD EDU>]

Here is a link to the Microsoft FAQ on SUS that indicates service packs
will be supported going forward.  

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/susfaq.asp

Jim

Jim Beechey
Manager of Technical Services
Northwood University
beechey () northwood edu
989-837-4169


-----Original Message-----
From: Craig W. Drake [mailto:c-drake () NEIU EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:35 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Automated Patching and Updates?


> From what I have read, it is supposed to be permanent.


Craig W. Drake
Windows NT/2000 Server Administrator
Networking and Distributed Services
Northeastern Illinois University
Phone: (773)442-4386
Email: c-drake () neiu edu



-----Original Message-----
From: Bradford B. Saul [mailto:saulbb () JMU EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 9:34 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Automated Patching and Updates?


Any idea if this is permanent or just a point in time due to the current
issues....

Brad

> Microsoft recently added (without any forwarning) W2kSP4 and XPsp1 in
> their SUS updates.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bradford B. Saul [mailto:saulbb () JMU EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:16 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Automated Patching and Updates?
>
>
> Just a side note on the SUS Server.  How are schools that are using
> the SUS server handling Service Packs?  From what I understand SUS 
> does not support the distribution of Service Packs, and if the user 
> has altered their registry to point to SUS.college.edu they will not 
> be notified of Service Pack availability.
>
> Brad
> -----------------------------------
> Bradford B. Saul
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sadler, Connie [mailto:Connie_Sadler () BROWN EDU]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 8:20 AM
> > To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> > Subject: [SECURITY] Automated Patching and Updates?
> >
> >
> > Given all of the recent worm activity, etc., it seems timely to
> > gather
> some
> > information from you folks regarding what you are already doing - or
> > planning to do - in terms of pushing updates and patches out to your 
> > user communities in a way that is not too "intrusive". We all work in

> > diverse environments where many of our users are also sensitive to
> > having someone else "touch" their machines. Yet it seems a losing 
> > battle to continue to manually update workstations in some areas when

> > they are being
> automatically
> > attacked in very sophisticated ways.
> >
> > Can you folks please share with us:
> >
> > 1)  What you are already doing now - in terms of pushing or
> > automating patching or updates?
> >
> > 2)  What you are evaluating or looking at for doing this kind of
> > thing -
> and
> > in what areas of your environment?
> >
> > 3)  What technologies you are familiar with and what platforms the
> solutions
> > support?
> >
> > Thanks much! I am willing to summarize the input I receive if I get
> > enough good feedback...
> >
> > Connie J. Sadler, CM, CISSP, CISM
> > Director, IT Security, Brown University
> > Box 1885, Providence, RI 02912
> > Connie_Sadler () Brown edu
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> Bradford B. Saul
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> IT - Network Engineering
> Hoffman Hall Room 10, MSC 1401
> James Madison University
> Harrisonburg, VA 22807
> V: (540) 568-2379
> F: (540) 568-1696
> M: (540) 435-3079
> saulbb () jmu edu
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Bradford B. Saul
Lead Network Engineer
IT - Network Engineering
Hoffman Hall Room 10, MSC 1401
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
V: (540) 568-2379
F: (540) 568-1696
M: (540) 435-3079
saulbb () jmu edu

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