Wait, what?

Does this mean that they'll reapply to my servers and just reboot ASAP?

That would make me less than happy...

Kurt

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:48 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote:
> From the patch management list.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Neal [mailto:****]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 11:17 AM
> To: Patch Management Mailing List
> Subject: RE: 1100+ "revised" updates on WSUS?
>
> As part of an overarching strategy to improve the security of 
> Windows/Microsoft Update, many updates were revised in October - and likely 
> more will be revised in November and December.
>
> While this is mostly an improvement in the security code signing of these 
> updates, because of the way CBS-based packages are built (Windows-based 
> updates used in Vista/Win7/Win8 platforms), the actual binaries had to change 
> to meet the new signing requirements and improvements.  So while many XP and 
> below updates will be revised (since they are not CBS-based) and will not 
> require you to reinstall them, updates for the Vista and higher platforms 
> will more likely require you to reinstall them (since they are re-releases, 
> not MU logic revisions due to the binary changes).  With auto-approval set, 
> you may not even notice the XP based revisions, but are more likely to notice 
> the Vista (and higher) re-releases.
>
> For these revised/re-released updates, there are no functional differences.  
> Just signing improvements that ensure the security and trust in these updates.
>
> MSRC bulletins that are revised will have the normal bulletin revision to 
> describe the changes in this updated release in the actual bulletin.
>
> doug neal
> Microsoft Update (MU)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Surpuriya, Vinay [mailto:*****]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:48 AM
> To: Patch Management Mailing List
> Subject: 1100+ "revised" updates on WSUS?
>
> Hi Colleagues,
>
> Anyone else seeing a gigantic number of "revised" updates on their WSUS 
> servers today!? We got 1143 revised updates, to be precise, on last night's 
> WSUS sync. What is the exact behavior of revised updates? Are they going to 
> restart computers tonight?
>
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