Microsoft Systems Management Server. It will takes your 2 days down to 6 hours or less. When a serious vulnerability is found and an attack is initiated, 2 days is too long.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Adner Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 11:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Did anyone use patching software? Just curious, due to the discussion on trying to verify patched systems and such, but did anyone actually use 3rd party or even MS's patching software? Or did you use custom scripts, manually updates, etc? I ask because we had budgeted for patching software but management has decided we're too efficient. We patched around 900 NT/2000 servers and 15,000 workstations using various login scripts, batch files, psexec.exe, and plain old manual installs, etc over the course of 2 days. I'm still in favor of an enterprise class patching product, if only to ease auditing and more granular distribution. We go through significant effort trying to re-inventory everything, trying to figure out which systems can get patched first, etc. List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
