mbsacli V2

With mbsacli v1.2.1 I have built a process that pushes the executable and
associated mssecure.xml file out to remote workstations, and then starting
processes on those workstations to scan the workstations on their local
network.

Works really nicely, and minimizes network utilization between the nodes.

It appears that mbsalci V2 will not work unless the package has been
installed on the remote workstation and the executable is executed out of the
directory that is was installed on....(i.e. it can't be a copy of the
executable in another directory)

Is there anyway to use it in the same fashion that I was using V1.2.1 in ??

thanks

Villy

Villy Madsen CISA ISP wrote:

With mbsacli v1.2.1 I have built a process that pushes the executable and
associated mssecure.xml file out to remote workstations, and then starting
processes on those workstations to scan the workstations on their local
network.

Works really nicely, and minimizes network utilization between the nodes.

It appears that mbsalci V2 will not work unless the package has been
installed on the remote workstation and the executable is executed out of the
directory that is was installed on....(i.e. it can't be a copy of the
executable in another directory)

Is there anyway to use it in the same fashion that I was using V1.2.1 in ??

Hi,

A fyi for future posts about MBSA:
Please post MBSA related issues to the newsgroup dedicated to MBSA:
microsoft.public.security.baseline_analyzer

WebNews link to the WSUS newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...ine _analyzer


If you use mbsacli.exe with the /xmlout parameter, you only need to
distribute mbsacli.exe and wusscan.dll from the MBSA 2.0 install kit
(and you can place them wherever you like).

Wsusscan.cab (and the Windows Update client agent if the computer's
Windows Update subsystem needs to be updated) is up to you if you want
it to be downloaded from Microsoft when needed, or if you want to, you
can distribute them yourself.


For a couple of MBSACLI 2.0 /xmlout parsing scripts (one by me),
take a look at this thread:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mic...39f26861db0c03


If you want to copy/paste my script, you should do it from this link
to avoid Google encoding issues:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mic...e=source&hl=en




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