Jeebus. More MS security patches.

pensieve

http://www.computerworld.com/securit...,87058,00.html



Maybe we should have a perpetual thread for this stuff? 3 more critical flaws and 1 "important" one. Again related to buffer overruns. By my count, that's 55 critical flaws THIS YEAR. Whither accountability?







It's getting to the point where it seems like companies will need a dedicated person on staff JUST for MS security patches. Surely this costs money - more money than would be required for a transition to something a wee-bit more secure.



Maybe it's time for shareholders of companies to speak up? I'm glad I'm a Mac user...

pensieve

Look at this. A proposed schedule for applying patches. As if people weren't busy enough as it is.

ipeon

You must be bored, really bored. Regularly scheduled security patches for Windows has been going on for yeeeeeeeeears. It's part of the "Trustworthy Computing" illusion.

dmband0026

Illusion is right. Geez. Of course it costs money! Time is money. Each security patch requires a restart, that means you have to take your servers down too, not exactly an easy process if your running servers using M $ software. It also takes up bandwidth. Bandwidth costs money. It is rediculous that M $ users have to go through this. Long live Macs!



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By my count, that's 55 critical flaws THIS YEAR

Win doze is one big critical flaw, it's a joke



And why is the word Win doze (without spaces) cencored? I put it in and it gives me a bunch of . Same with M $ (no spaces). I know they are bad words and all, but...come on...

leonis

M $ is going to make a "promotion" that they are patching their OS faster than the open source community patching Linux



No suprise