We are using a preseed.cfg via preseed/url to automate system deployment/configuration. The preseed files are kept in source control (Subversion). This makes them readily available via HTTP, with the added bonus of being able to limit access. I'd like to reuse this resource, but I have not been able to find any way to use a preseed/url that requires authentication. Is it possible to use a preseed url that requires authentication?
While trying to script deployment of .msu's I realized that certain KB articles had multiple releases. One example of this is KB2524426.
KB2524426 was released May 2011 and re-released June 2011. There are similar other re-releases KB2536276.
Since the KB article is part of the file name I used this thinking that each contained a unique update (.msu). Now that I know this is not the case, I'm trying to figure out if taking the most recent KB release will suffice when creating/deploying an update package.