Configuring Smart Client and Server Precursors
If clients will be allowing smart updates from an external Internet site, those clients will need to be configured correctly to support downloading executable .NET assemblies. This section describes a manual process for configuring those clients. (Because manually configuring a large number of clients may not be practicable—and customers may not want to bother themselves—we will talk about automating the security policy information in the Creating a Microsoft Installer File to Manage Security Policies section later in this chapter.
As an overview, here are the summarized precursors for client workstations to support smart updates. Clients will need:
A connection to the Internet
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