I am having trouble with my firewall blocking MS Updates downloads to my
WSUS server. My firewall scans all HTTP and HTTPS traffic and refuses the
downloading of certain content types. I need to enter exceptions for site
that I want to be able to download these from. Everything was working fine
for a while, but downloading began to fail again. I allowed downloading
from (*) , meaning everyone, and the MS Updates started to stream down
again. Therefore, it must be that either I didn't have all the URLs or they
have changed or been added to. The ones I have are:
windowsupdate.microsoft.com
download.windowsupdate.com
update.microsoft.com
download.microsoft.com
ntservicepack.microsoft.com
wustat.windows.com
v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
Are there any others (new ones perhaps)? Is there a way to check for an
updated list, like on an official MS website?
TIA,
Jarryd
The complete list is documented in the WSUS Deployment Guide
in the section titled "Configure the Network"
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd939870(WS.10).aspx
What's notably missing from your list are all of the wildcard designations
for the subdomains specified by the above items. Also, you need to allow
access for both HTTP and HTTPS (ports 80 and 443).
*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
*.update.microsoft.com
*.windowsupdate.com
*.download.windowsupdate.com
stats.update.microsoft.com
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Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)
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Thanks pal,
Jarryd
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