One can also use "Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer" to check for needed updates and download them locally to be installed later offline... Its a utility that can be downloaded from M$ site itself.
----- Original Message ---- From: Alexandru Cezar <t...@ze.ro> To: or-talk@freehaven.net Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:35:27 AM Subject: Re: Re: Tips for Windows Update Over Tor > All depends on if _all_ the various MS updates and mechanisms are properly > signed/checked by the MS update mechanism. Otherwise, it's one massive > MITM hole. I've no idea on that. Yes, they are. Also, the way to go would probably be a third-party utility that download all required updates to install them later, offline. One that I can think of is c't Offline Update: http://www.heise-security.co.uk/articles/80682 Alexandru -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.posta.ro - Romanias first free webmail since 1998! _____________________________________________________ - powered by www.posta.ro