Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 17:29:35 +0100 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@mux.org.uk> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reason #465132 to Love FBSD.... Message-ID: <4466096F.8000102@mux.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060512203532.0886d9c8@lariat.org> References: <44649AFE.20407@daleco.biz> <cb5206420605121141n59f31f18n4e9de08369fc620f@mail.gmail.com> <219837f70605121226v4118f7a8n4b19ed6177bfdddc@mail.gmail.com> <86bqu39gu1.fsf@xps.des.no> <7.0.1.0.2.20060512203532.0886d9c8@lariat.org>
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Brett Glass wrote: > At 01:35 PM 5/12/2006, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > >> Patch Tuesday again, I guess. > > Yes. We call them "Black Tuesdays," because the Windows machines go out > and mount a very effective denial of service attack on our supply of > bandwidth. We've had to work out all kinds of ways to limit the impact. If you're using Microsoft servers you can serve patch upgrades from your own servers instead of having each desktop contact Microsoft. http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx Might be worth using even if you don't normally use Microsoft servers if the monthly updates cause you big enough bandwidth problems? Andrew
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