Hello Harondel,
On Monday 29 May 2006 19:51, Harondel J. Sibble Scribbled:
> Just curious what folks think of Autopatcher?
>
> http://www.autopatcher.com/
>
> >From a harried administrators point of view, it's a huge time saver,
> > however
I agree it could be a bonus maker in terms of time !
> on the flip side, you are getting MS updates from an "untrusted" 3rd
> party...
>
> Comments?
I don't know if any updates do come from a third party ! I see this as
a tool that can be used for both good and bad !
If the tool itself is secure and only goes to M$'s own servers then
fine ! My worry would be if it could be subverted to become viral.
Its not, as far as I am aware open source, so it wouldn't come under the
same scrutiny !! It does however appear to be some duplication of M$'s
own update system ! Which can be guaranteed to be only from M$ !!
I do see another side to this ! Particularly in view of WGA and
bypassing M$ checks ! Piracy springs to mind ! and the number of
methods of circumvention that has suddenly become available !!!!
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
plug at play-net.co.uk
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