Comments on: Microsoft readies "Patch-A-Day" program http://www.slashnot.com/articles/299/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:52:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: me http://www.slashnot.com/articles/299/#comment-9900 me Tue, 13 Jan 2004 23:15:08 +0000 #comment-9900 <p>Subject:Patch-a-day program</p><p>Why doesn't this surprise me? It's starting to become a matter of Micro$oft owns our computers, not us. There's only 1 Bill I trust, and it comes out of an ATM.</p> Subject:Patch-a-day program

Why doesn't this surprise me? It's starting to become a matter of Micro$oft owns our computers, not us. There's only 1 Bill I trust, and it comes out of an ATM.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.slashnot.com/articles/299/#comment-9820 Matthew Thu, 13 Nov 2003 18:41:41 +0000 #comment-9820 <p>Subject:No Subject Given</p><p>Get this: When you install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Automatic updates are automatically set to download and install automatically by default, without you doing anything. Patches can now include code that will reboot the server if necessary. So last wednesday, we witnessed many servers automatically download the latest patch for a vulnerability at 3:00 a.m., then just go ahead and reboot--all without human intervention, warning, or even so much as a dialog box. <br /> True.</p> Subject:No Subject Given

Get this: When you install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Automatic updates are automatically set to download and install automatically by default, without you doing anything. Patches can now include code that will reboot the server if necessary. So last wednesday, we witnessed many servers automatically download the latest patch for a vulnerability at 3:00 a.m., then just go ahead and reboot–all without human intervention, warning, or even so much as a dialog box.

True.

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