Outcome 3: Implement secure network administration procedures

Table of Contents

1. Windows Server 2003 Security Features
2. NTFS File and Folder Permissions
3. Software Update Infrastructure
   1. Software Update Services
   2. Configuring Software Update Services
   3. SUS Options
   4. Handling Updated Content
   5. Automatic Client Update Settings
   6. Installing the SUS Client
   7. Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
   8. WSUS Improvements
   9. WSUS Features
4. Network Protocol Security
5. Self Assessment Questions (SAQs)
6. Summary: Implementing secure network administration procedures
7. Summary: Software Update infrastructure

SUS Options

From the Set Options page you can configure three different options:

Under Select a Proxy Server Configuration, you can specify how the SUS server accesses the Internet. Choose one of the following options based on your network configuration:

• Do Not Use a Proxy Server to Access the Internet: select this option if the SUS server does not use a proxy server to connect to the Internet.

• Use a Proxy Server to Access the Internet: select this option if the SUS server accesses the Internet through a proxy server.

• Automatically Detect Proxy Server Settings: select this option if your network supports automatic discovery of proxy server settings.

• Use the Following Proxy Server to Access the Internet: select this option if the network does not support automatic configuration of proxy settings. Specify the address or port number of the proxy server. You can also specify the user account and password that the SUS server should use if credentials are needed.

The next section lets you specify the name that clients will use to locate the SUS server. You can specify the NetBIOS name of the SUS server, or, if clients do not support NetBIOS, you can specify the DNS name or the IP address.

The final section on the Set Options window lets you configure the location from which the SUS server will get software updates. An SUS server can retrieve software updates directly from Microsoft or from another SUS server. To have the SUS server retrieve updates from Microsoft, select Synchronize Directly from the Microsoft Windows

Update Servers. To retrieve updates from another SUS server, select Synchronize from a Local Software Update Services Server and specify the name of the server.

Next: Handling Updated Content