Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 12:15:41 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <darren.pilgrim@bitfreak.org> To: Andrew Boothman <andrew@mux.org.uk> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reason #465132 to Love FBSD.... Message-ID: <4466305D.7060608@bitfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <4466096F.8000102@mux.org.uk> 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> <4466096F.8000102@mux.org.uk>
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Andrew Boothman wrote: > 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? That and disabling Automatic Updates. Corporate computers should never be in charge of their own upgrades.
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