Microsoft Releases HFCheck for IIS 5.0
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Scott Culp of Microsoft sends word that Microsoft has just released a tool to help administrators "ensure that their servers are up to date on all IIS 5.0 security patches."
The new tool, dubbed HFCheck is now available for download here. It works by comparing the IIS 5.0 patches currently installed on the target server with a database of available ones, and informing the administrator of patches that they may have missed or should install.
According to Microsoft:
The tool provides quite a bit of flexibility:
- It can be run on-demand or, by using the Scheduler, run at
predetermined intervals.
- It can check the patch status on the local machine, or on any remote machine on which you have administrative privileges.
- When it finds a patch that isn't installed on the machine, it can display a pop-up dialogue or write to the event log.
- It can consult the patch database hosted on the Microsoft web site, or can use a locally-hosted copy that you've downloaded.
This is a version 1.0 tool. The documentation discusses the tool's
current limitations, the most important of which is that it only
provides information on IIS 5.0 patches. However, we'd like to get
customer feedback and develop an advanced version that works for
other products and provides additional features. We'll look forward
to hearing your comments and suggestions.