On 19 December 2013 15:17, Dirk Lehmann <Dirk.Lehmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > one more question regarding downloads (updates and patches) for the > operating system windows XP/Vista/7/8: > > Would it be much faster if I use WSUS to distribute Updates within a LAN > than to use Squid Proxy which maybe is not allowed to cache the download by > the microsoft website? It's probably faster (I forget how well Squid handles BITS) You can control which updates are available. You can keep your clients from ever touching your squid proxy if you place the WSUS strategically. There are multiple reasons to use WSUS over Squid for caching Microsoft updates. kmw
