RE: worksations automatic updates

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>]

I agree if you aren't so deep into patch management to need full solution. Just setup WUS/SUS and let it run. It is 
free, easy to use but doesn't have all the added features of full PM Solutions. 

Here is a very good patch management listserv if you want to watch it. 

patchmanagement () listserv patchmanagement org

-----Original Message-----
From: Bénoni MARTIN [mailto:Benoni.MARTIN () libertis ga] 
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 10:39 AM
To: Juan B; pen-test () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: worksations automatic updates

I have been using SUS from Microsoft, and it can di this for you: you can select to update the monitored machines when 
you wish to, or gives a little pop up when some updates are available for download. You can also download the updates 
when they are available and pop-up a "Updates are available, do you want to install then now or later".

If I were you, I would of cource fore the updates nightly and everyday, to ensure they are installed :)

 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Juan B [mailto:juanbabi () yahoo com] Envoyé : vendredi 20 août 2004 20:16 À : pen-test () securityfocus com Objet 
: worksations automatic updates

I have a solotion fot my It manager about updating the pc's in the company.He says that he doesnt have much time left 
to update them.

We can do like this:

 

There is a possibility to configure each workstation to download and install the updates in another time.

 

We can schedule 5 pc's in the company (including my pc). To download the updates and install them on Sunday (for 
example).and schedule all the other pc's to download and install the patches after 4 days. If we see that the updates 
are doing something bad to the machines we have 4 days to stop the updates from being deployed to the rest of the 
company. I think we can do it throw GPO.

What do u think about this solution ?

thanks



                
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