There are a couple infection vectors inherent in the windows auto-update mechanism. Please consider hard before setting it up. It also only includes consumer and base service packs - not anything for Office ( http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/ ) or IIS (for example). For a more healthy system diagnostics use MBSA ( http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/Tools/MBSAhome.asp ), which enables you to scan your system for *most* known flaws.
Hit windows update every Thursday afternoon, as that is when 99% of the patches are released. Regards, Shawn K. Hall http://ReliableAnswers.com/ '// ======================================================== The human mind is not a deep-freeze for storage but a forge for production; it must be supplied with fuel, fired and properly shaped. -- William A. Donaghy -----Original Message----- From: Alastair Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 8:15 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: MS Service Packs Yep, and if you allow windows automatic updates, you'll be notified of any new patches as and when they are available. This can be set to download and install automatically, though from experience I would strongly advise to set to review before installing. Al -----Original Message----- From: David Olivier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 June 2003 16:54 To: 'phil groner'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Well as far as I know, once you visit windows update, it will only have you install patches that you don't have installed. So I assume once installing SP3 and doing Windows Update, you should have everything. -----Original Message----- From: phil groner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 June 2003 06:48 To: Thad Horak; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MS Service Packs >From my experience Once you' ve installed SP3 you have to run windows update so that you can get all the patches starting from when SP3 was released. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thad Horak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 11:59 AM Subject: MS Service Packs > All, > > Has anyone had any luck decyphering what security fixes are include in > what MS service packs. For example, if I apply SP3 to a W2K Server > will this patch all security issues found for the base OS up until the > release of SP3. What about IIS/SMTP/FTP, etc fixes. Do I need to > install these Qfixes and rollups seperately? I've looked through the > readme for the SP, but it's not that clear. Hoping someone on the list > has tackled this and can shed some light. Many thanks. > > Thad > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evaluating SSL VPNs' Consider NEOTERIS, chosen as leader by top analysts! The Gartner Group just put Neoteris in the top of its Magic Quadrant, while InStat has confirmed Neoteris as the leader in marketshare. Find out why, and see how you can get plug-n-play secure remote access in about an hour, with no client, server changes, or ongoing maintenance. Visit us at: http://www.neoteris.com/promos/sf-6-9.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
