North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Every incident is an opportunity (was Re: Hackers hit key Internet traffic computers)
> He was both right and wrong -- patches do break a lot of stuff. He was > facing two problems: the probability of being off the air because of an > attack versus the probability of being off the air because of bad > interactions between patches and applications. Which is a bigger risk? That's an argument for an organizational test environment and testing patches before deployment, no? Not an argument against patching. That said, I would LOVE to see MS ship a monthly/quarterly unified updater that's a one-step way to bring fresh systems up to date without slipstreaming the install CD. Then press a zillion of 'em and put them everywhere you can find an AOL CD, for all those folks on dial-up who see a 200MB download and curl up in the fetal position and whimper. > It's not an easy question to answer. One scenario that scares me is > what happens if the April Patch Tuesday takes out, say, TurboTax, just > as Americans are getting ready to file their tax returns. <cynic mode> No need to worry about that until MS TaxForm starts shipping. </cynic mode> -- Dave Pooser, ACSA Manager of Information Services Alford Media http://www.alfordmedia.com
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