[99567] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: windows update cache
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adrian Chadd)
Fri Sep 28 12:22:16 2007
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:25:20 +0800
From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@creative.net.au>
To: Joe Johnson <joe@sendjoeanemail.com>
Cc: Miguel Mata <mmata@intercom.com.sv>, nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <5CF24E50D717904BAF95D9325CA3D6B969B940@be01.windows.riversidecg.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007, Joe Johnson wrote:
>
> Windows Software Update Services doesn't require the end-user to be part
> of a domain to get updates. You just need to define the WSUS server as
> the source for updates by changing a few registry entries and make sure
> the server is available via HTTP or HTTPS to your customers. You can
> read more at Microsoft's site.
>
> Also, WSUS is free to run on any Windows server.
Great if you're running a windows IT type LAN; crap if you're running an
ISP!
http://www.advproxy.net/ - its a Squid distribution for ipcop with an
optional Windows update cache redirector. I don't know how well it'll scale
but it seems to work fine for small home/office environments.
You can always get an Akamai cluster :) That'll serve windows updates
to you, amongst other things.
That said, I know how to make Squid properly cache stuff like Windows Updates;
I just need some spare time over the new year to code it up. Sponsorship to
make it happen sooner is definitely welcome.
Adrian
(One of the remaining public Squid developers.)
