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How To Keep Up With Security Patches

How To Keep Up With Security Patches. Eric Schultze Security Strategies Microsoft. Questions. How do I know if I’m up to date on patches? How do I know when a new patch is released? How do I know that the patch is valid on my system? How can I deploy patches to all my machines?

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How To Keep Up With Security Patches

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  1. How To Keep Up With Security Patches Eric Schultze Security Strategies Microsoft

  2. Questions • How do I know if I’m up to date on patches? • How do I know when a new patch is released? • How do I know that the patch is valid on my system? • How can I deploy patches to all my machines? • What is Microsoft doing to make it easier to assess and deploy patches?

  3. Patch Process • New Patch Notification • Host and Network Assessment • Deployment • Validation

  4. Notification • How do I know when new security patches are available? • Security Bulletin Notification Service • www.microsoft.com/technet/security • Windows Update • Client Update Notification Applet • HFNetChk

  5. How can I tell which machines need patches? • HFNetChk • Can be run against Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, Windows XP • Evaluates patch status for OS, IIS, IE, and a limited amount of SQL 7 and 2000. • See KB article Q303215 for more info and download location

  6. HFNetChk Demo

  7. How Does HFNetChk Work? • Downloads signed CAB file (containing XML data) from microsoft.com • May also use a local copy of the XML file from a file or http share • Tool Version Check • Language \ OS \ SP \ Application check • Identifies all relevant security patches for OS \ SP \ App

  8. MSSecure.XML

  9. How Does HFNetChk Work? For each applicable hotfix: • Compare registry key from XML file to registry key on the system • If reg key does NOT exist, file is determined to be NOT installed • Reg key check can be bypassed with the –z switch

  10. How Does HFNetChk Work? • If registry key DOES exist*, compare file version information from XML file to files on system • If registry key DOES exist*, compare file checksum information from XML file to files on system * Or if registry checks were bypassed

  11. MSSecure.XML

  12. How Does HFNetChk Work? • If either the file version and/or the checksum does NOT match for any file, the patch is considered NOT installed • (a Warning is given if the fileversion is greater than expected) • In every instance file versions and checksums are evaluated!

  13. New MSSecure Schema • Patch details for all languages • Download URL for each patch for each language • hotfix installer engine and related switches • MD5 and SHA1 file hashes • Specific file location (relative and/or system variable) • 56 bit vs 128 bit crypto, mulit-proc vs. single-proc, 32 bit vs 64 bit architecture • Severity data • CVE data • reboot actions

  14. Deployment • How do I push patches to the machines that need them? • SMS • Third party tools • Active Directory / Group Policy

  15. SMS

  16. HFNetChkPro

  17. HFNetChkPro

  18. HFNetChkPro

  19. Group Policy and MSI • Create MSI package for hotfix • Future MS hotfixes may include MSI packages • Use third party MSI creator • InstallShield, SMS, etc. • Create Group Policy with Computer Settings for Software Installation

  20. Group Policy and MSI

  21. Corporate Windows Update • Allows Corporations to host their own Windows Update Server. • CorpWU Server downloads catalogs and patches from Microsoft • Administrator chooses which ones to make available on corpnet • New WU clients are configured (via Group Policy or Reg key) to perform WU operations against CorpWU Server

  22. Corporate Windows Update • Clients can also be configured via Group Policy to autodownload and apply the patches within a given period of time, should the system owner not do it on their own.

  23. What else is Microsoft doing? • Focus on Trustworthy Computing email from BillG • Rollup Packages • Cumulative • Every two months for latest Service Pack • May be released as MSI • Increase in No-Reboot patches • Additional Tools like HFNetChk

  24. Contact Info • ericschu@microsoft.com

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