I understand that Win2k3 SP1 is no longer supported
GuidoElia HELPPC -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[email protected]] Inviato: lunedì 10 agosto 2009 19.45 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: Re: clarification on sp level and patching On 10 Aug 2009 at 10:51, Christopher Bodnar wrote: > If a machine is not at the latest SP level, say for example a > server is at W2K3 SP1, but it has all the critical updates for SP1 > applied, is that machine considered "patched" for critical updates? It > has always been my impression that it is not. My reasoning is that > it´s missing all the critical patches that are included in the latest > SP ( SP2 in this case) and all the post SP updates. My colleague > disagrees and says that as long as it has the latest updates for its > SP level it´s fully patched. Can someone clarify this for me? Thank > you, Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems > Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of > America > Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: > 610-807-6003 My understanding is that any SUPPORTED SP will be fully protected if it's patched with all Windows Updates Critical and Important patches. Any other patches that might be included in SPs later than the one currently installed are not security-related. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
