As far as Windows machines go... we generally use HFNetChkPro4 to push patches to clients and servers. It's worked well so far. If you have another box you could setup your own SUS server. Downside is that it only works for 2000 and XP machines. More info on the SUS server here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/ Your best bet at keeping the servers patched at this point is to put patches in a central location, and then make sure the LAN managers patch their boxes. There is no excuse for an unpatched server, bump them back to help desk if it's that bad ;-)
Chris ImplexantSystems.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: William Little [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 8:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Proxy/cache server for Patches Hello, I work for a University with many schools and many IT departments within those schools so I have no control over patch levels of servers and must rely on departmental LAN managers to keep their servers up to date(they are very lax). In an attempt to make my life easier, I recently brought up a FTP box (with a mirror program) for our UNIX servers that are cut off from the Internet to access patches. It seems like a very antiquated solution and started think that a proxy server just for patches might be better. Off the top of my head: we could proxy the web sites and cache the ftp sites; use DNS to point the servers to our proxy server (that way I don't have to have the LAN managers change anything on their boxes); maybe use it for Windows update too. I don't know Proxy servers that well but theoretically it should work. Anyone used this or have any thoughts about this? Thanks in advance, Bill Little __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- SurfControl E-mail Filter puts the brakes on spam, viruses and malicious code. Safeguard your business critical communications. Download a free 30-day trial: http://www.securityfocus.com/SurfControl-security-basics ------------------------------------------------------------------- SurfControl E-mail Filter puts the brakes on spam, viruses and malicious code. Safeguard your business critical communications. Download a free 30-day trial: http://www.securityfocus.com/SurfControl-security-basics
