QChain will let you apply multiple hotfixes at once requiring only 1 reboot
to make all of the multiple hotfix changes active. Of course, it would be
nice if you didn't need to reboot at all, but 1 is better than 5, or even 2.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pidgorny, Slav [mailto:pidgornsanz.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 7:56 PM
To: 'Byron Kennedy'; focus-mssecurityfocus.com
Subject: RE: Microsoft Announces Strategic Technology Protection Program

Yes, it would be great to have something similar to Symantec LiveUpdate. The
problem I guess is reboot that is still required after hotfixes, managing
that is quite complex.
Anyway I was surprised to find that Corporate Windows update doesn't perform
that task. Next version?

Svyatoslav Pidgorny

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Byron Kennedy [mailto:byronmarkettools.com]
> Sent: 04 October 2001 06:30
> To: focus-mssecurityfocus.com
> Subject: RE: Microsoft Announces Strategic Technology
> Protection Program
>
>
> yeah, that's alot of data in one concise pack. Looks like
> the method they
> are using is CD (free mail order) and technet channels to distribute.
>
> What would be really cool is if MS offered a "localized" Windowsupdate
> Security Server :) which automated the process by reaching
> out and grabbing
> the marginal security updates from MS (if configured to do
> so) and then use
> hfnetchk and qchain or whatever utilities to install the
> needed fixes.

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