> I do enjoy troubleshooting under pressure, and as I've never > had a bad patch, I would rather my patches be installed ASAP. > If I were to wait until I have time to sit down and test the > patch (which still doesn't guarantee that it will break > production, since the configuration of the test machine will > never exactly match production) then I would risk the servers > being exploited by the worms and hackers which are out there > looking for unpatched servers.
Again, the vast majority of the patches you're applying have nothing to do with the security of your server. > Perhaps it's time for MS to fix the automatic updates agent > to not reboot unless a reboot is necessary. Automatic updates aren't really intended for use with production servers. It's primarily a convenience for the desktop. No one really cares about desktop uptime. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:267224 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
