Re: Desktop patch management?

["Craig W. Drake" <c-drake () NEIU EDU>]

No it does not require Active Directory to use.  AD would make it easier
to configure your clients because you could use Group Policy. But AD is
definitely not required. All of the clients interact with the SUS server
over HTTP port 80.  You just need to configure the registry on each
client for your SUS server. 

-Craig



Craig W. Drake
Windows NT/2000 Server Administrator
Networking and Distributed Services
Northeastern Illinois University



-----Original Message-----
From: Smith, Barry [mailto:bcsmith () BBC EDU] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 9:00 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Desktop patch management?


Several have mentioned the use of Microsoft's SUS to deliver updates to
the desktop.  We currently have a mixed environment of NT 4.0 and Win
2000 servers but we have NOT gone to Active Directory.  I know that SUS
needs to be on at least a 2000 server.  Is it necessary to have Active
Directory going to use it?  Our clients include a very mixed bag of
everything from Win 95 to Win XPs.
Thanks. 
Barry Smith 

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