Re: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q303/2/15.asp

Has anyone been able to spend some time with this beast? I have little,
if any, faith in the previous scanner, "hfcheck.wsf," as in my
experience (Win2K SP2 Server-based domain) it was frequently incorrect
in its reporting, e.g. reporting a server had no missing hotfixes when I
knew for certain that it was missing some. Without getting into a
discussion about the flaws of that tool though, I'm more interested in
knowing if you have found this new tool not only to be reliable in
detecting missing hotfixes but also if it is able to properly check the
state of currently-installed patches. I spot-ran it against a few of my
servers and it _seems_ to be properly reporting the state patch
applications - I plan to do some more thorough testing later this
afternoon.

Would anyone care to discuss this new tool, make constructive criticism,
etc.?

Also, I see MS has released an IIS 4.0/5.0 rollup in MS01-044,
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-044.asp
Unfortunately my shop does not yet have the luxury of a test Win2K
domain/environment and before I play guinea pig with it I would like to
know if anyone has applied it and has found any problems with it.

As a matter of fact, I'm curious to see how HFNetChk reports a Win2K
server's IIS patches once MS01-044 is applied!

Thanks,

- mike

Michael C. Calanan, Systems/Network Analyst
mailto:calanangogstats.org
Gynecologic Oncology Group, Statistical and Data Center at Roswell Park
Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY

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