I am currently running SUS in evaluation and it is quite nice. What I like about it is that it can be easily controlled using GPOs and relies on administrative approval of updates. What I do not like is that I haven't found a simple way of controlling if all clients receive the patches, this can be a pain in large environments, so there other distribution tools should be used.
Regards,
Jens Mickerts
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Starks, Brad [mailto:BStarks (at) co.marin.ca (dot) us [email concealed]]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. Februar 2003 01:43
An: 'focus-ms (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]'
Betreff: MS Software Update Service
Hi everyone,
Microsoft's Software Update Service has been out for awhile (they've
recently released a service pack for it, too) and I was curious as to what
folks think about it. If you're using this technology, are you happy with
it? How well does it suit your needs? Is it comparable to other solutions
like Update Expert, Hfnetchk Pro, Net Octopus, etc.?
In addition, has anyone used the Feature Pack for SMS that contains the SUS
(as well as all kinds of additional) components? How does that compare to
the standard SUS?
I am currently running SUS in evaluation and it is quite nice. What I like about it is that it can be easily controlled using GPOs and relies on administrative approval of updates. What I do not like is that I haven't found a simple way of controlling if all clients receive the patches, this can be a pain in large environments, so there other distribution tools should be used.
Regards,
Jens Mickerts
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Starks, Brad [mailto:BStarks (at) co.marin.ca (dot) us [email concealed]]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. Februar 2003 01:43
An: 'focus-ms (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]'
Betreff: MS Software Update Service
Hi everyone,
Microsoft's Software Update Service has been out for awhile (they've
recently released a service pack for it, too) and I was curious as to what
folks think about it. If you're using this technology, are you happy with
it? How well does it suit your needs? Is it comparable to other solutions
like Update Expert, Hfnetchk Pro, Net Octopus, etc.?
In addition, has anyone used the Feature Pack for SMS that contains the SUS
(as well as all kinds of additional) components? How does that compare to
the standard SUS?
Thanks in advance,
Brad Starks
IST Security Team
County of Marin
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