Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM 2007) supports WSUS over the Internet with good security controls. See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb694182.aspx
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Plahtinsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:38 AM Subject: WSUS and Laptops > How do you handle remote computers / laptops patch management? Our > sales / regional managers may be in the field for two months before > they come back to home office. > > I have a WSUS server and would like to start collecting stats on them > and control what and when the get patched. > > The only way I can think of doing this is open up my WSUS server to > the Internet. I'm not sure I like the idea of that though. > > None of these users have VPN's back to corporate, and that's likely > not to change. > > > What do you guys do? > > Matt > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
