server urls for windows update

What are the URLs for Windows Update?

update.microsoft.com
www.update.microsoft.com
download.windowsupdate.com

Thats not enough.

As always there is no documentation telling me.

What page does the Start > Windows Update (or Microsoft Update) shortcut
take you to?

http://www.windowsupdate.microsoft.com is another URL. Depending on your
default (i.e., Windows Update; Microsoft Update), each one will take you to
the same website.
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Andreas Dorfmann wrote:
> What are the URLs for Windows Update?
>
> update.microsoft.com
> www.update.microsoft.com
> download.windowsupdate.com
>
> Thats not enough.
>
> As always there is no documentation telling me.

"Andreas Dorfmann" <> wrote in message
news:470bd314$0$16106$...
> What are the URLs for Windows Update?
>
> update.microsoft.com
> www.update.microsoft.com
> download.windowsupdate.com
>
> Thats not enough.
>
> As always there is no documentation telling me.
>
>

What you're looking for can be found here with some snooping and clicking.
Otherwise - just Google for "windows update links"

http://www.smallbiztechtalk.com/link...ws_updates.htm

Bob S.

"Andreas Dorfmann" <> schrieb:

> What are the URLs for Windows Update?
>
> update.microsoft.com
> www.update.microsoft.com
> download.windowsupdate.com
>
> Thats not enough.

http://update.microsoft.com
http://download.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...6/default.aspx
http://update.microsoft.com/microsof...6/default.aspx (if
using Microsoft Update)

> As always there is no documentation telling me.

What problem are you trying to resolve? Knowing your target may help
others in helping you to resolve your problem.

Bye,
Freu"Es gibt durchaus auch deutschsprachige MS-Newgruppen ;-)"di

Ottmar Freudenberger wrote:

> "Andreas Dorfmann" <> schrieb:

>> Thats not enough.
>
> http://update.microsoft.com
> http://download.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
> http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...6/default.aspx
> http://update.microsoft.com/microsof...6/default.aspx (if
> using Microsoft Update)
>

There are more, for example:

http://c.microsoft.com
http://www.update.microsoft.com
http://download.windowsupdate.com

I assume there is no list avaiable.


>> As always there is no documentation telling me.
>
> What problem are you trying to resolve? Knowing your target may help
> others in helping you to resolve your problem.

All traffic to Internet is redirected to an transparent proxy and windows
clients without Internet should have access to windows update.

As there is no list of urls I have to allow .*microsoft.com
and .*windowsupdate.com.

But its not working stable.

"Andreas Dorfmann" <> schrieb:

> I assume there is no list avaiable.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885819/en-us
Not all of them are actually used by WU/MU/AU AFAIK.

> All traffic to Internet is redirected to an transparent proxy and windows
> clients without Internet should have access to windows update.

Ehm, how do clients *without* "Internet" access Windows Update? <duck>

Bye,
Freudi

Ottmar Freudenberger wrote:

> "Andreas Dorfmann" <> schrieb:
>
>> I assume there is no list avaiable.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885819/en-us
> Not all of them are actually used by WU/MU/AU AFAIK.

document is outdated or wrong because I have seen http://c.microsoft.com in
the log.

"Andreas Dorfmann" <> schrieb:
> Ottmar Freudenberger wrote:
>
>> "Andreas Dorfmann" <> schrieb:
>>
>>> I assume there is no list avaiable.
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885819/en-us
>> Not all of them are actually used by WU/MU/AU AFAIK.
>
> document is outdated or wrong

Nope.

> because I have seen http://c.microsoft.com in the log.

Simply ignore that. It's not relevant for WU/MU/AU.

Bye,
Freudi

Ottmar Freudenberger wrote:

> "Andreas Dorfmann" <> schrieb:
>> Ottmar Freudenberger wrote:
>>
>>> "Andreas Dorfmann" <> schrieb:
>>>
>>>> I assume there is no list avaiable.
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885819/en-us
>>> Not all of them are actually used by WU/MU/AU AFAIK.
>>
>> document is outdated or wrong
>
> Nope.
>
>> because I have seen http://c.microsoft.com in the log.
>
> Simply ignore that. It's not relevant for WU/MU/AU.

Did you see source code or do you have trustfull source telling you?

"Andreas Dorfmann" <> schrieb:

>>> because I have seen http://c.microsoft.com in the log.
>>
>> Simply ignore that. It's not relevant for WU/MU/AU.
>
> Did you see source code or do you have trustfull source telling you?

Andreas, if you don't want answers from others cause you're the only
trusted source in your universe, feel free to *not* ask others.

TIA,
Freudi