The first time I read that article I would have partially agreed with you and him but looking at it again and thinking about all the news coming out about how NSA and Brits has managed to backdoor so many products, with the perception being full knowledge and consent if not cooperation of various companies including Microsoft. I have to disagree that IT professionals are the main road blocks. We are doing what we have always done. Look at how secure the data is. That is in truth a big part of our job. It is not just to provide for access but to make sure it is accessible and SECURE. How secure is the data if there are backdoors built into not only the encryption routines we use but the methods we use to move/access the data. I know I would not like to have my data (banking or medical records or any PII) put out there if there are KNOWN backdoors built into the products used. How many consultants would recommend going with a Cloud based model that has this knowledge? I was against it before just because the Cloud companies were not pushing back hard enough to get secret access to the Supreme Court. Now I am totally against trusting ANY Cloud based storage for any form of company/personal data that the company would not hand over to a competitor. I personally am thinking one or more of the companies supplying Cloud based storage is going to end up in court charged with "leaking" that information due to their perceived cooperation with the NSA in back dooring software/encryption/access. Jon From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Windows Update Issues? Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:19:27 +0000
You have read this? http://windowsitpro.com/industry/new-world-order-microsofts-biggest-competition-it Sent from Lenovo Tablet 2 From: Jon Harris Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 8:05 PM To: [email protected] More likely at the people saying he should go sooner not later. We are just in his way of hitting them. Jon Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 19:55:14 -0400 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Windows Update Issues? From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Is Ballmer throwing a figurative chair at us? On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 7:38 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: This is not an adventure at all, but a monthly assault on IT Pros. Sent from Lenovo Tablet 2 From: Ziots, Edward Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 7:23 PM To: [email protected] Yep I got this straight from Susan Bradley SBS queen, off the Microsoft Internal Discussions list, so the info is solid. Gotta love patching :_) always an adventure J Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, CISA, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization [email protected] Work:401-255-2497 This electronic message and any attachments may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are reading this message, but are not the intended recipient, nor an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from copying, printing, forwarding or otherwise disseminating this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to the message. Then, delete the message from your computer. Thank you. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rod Trent Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 4:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Windows Update Issues? A security update with its own known issues list??? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ziots, Edward Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 3:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Windows Update Issues? Yeah Susan put this out on Windows 7 SP1. Follow the trail of the KBs...... Last month's kernel update of MS13-063 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2859537 is replaced by this month's Service Control manager update and in THIS one it lists the reasons for those BSOD's 6B errors: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-077 Lists "known issues" None Yet in https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2872339 Clearly there are known issues.... Known issues with this security update After you install this security update, you may experience any of the following issues: * You may receive a STOP 0x6B error message when you restart a computer that is running an x86-based version of Windows 7 SP1. This problem may occur if the following registry entry is missing: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\x86_microsoft-windows-ntdll_31bf3856ad364e35_none_b79ff9b5a57efc44 The missing registry entry could be caused by corruption in the registry or elsewhere in the system. * You may receive a STOP 0x6B error message when you restart a computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows 7 SP1. This problem may occur if either of the following registry entries is missing: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\amd64_microsoft-windows-ntdll_31bf3856ad364e35_none_13be95395ddc6d7a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\wow64_microsoft-windows-ntdll_31bf3856ad364e35_none_1e133f8b923d2f75 The missing registry entry could be caused by corruption in the registry or elsewhere in the system. * You may receive a STOP 0x6B error message when you restart a computer after you perform a specific System Restore operation. For example, the issue might occur in the following scenario: 1. You install this security update. During the installation, a restore point is automatically created. 2. You perform a System Restore operation to restore the system to the restore point that was created by this security update. 3. The computer is restarted. Notice that the system is now in an unprotected state because the security update was removed. 4. You try to undo the System Restore operation. 5. The computer is restarted, and then you receive the STOP 0x6B error message. To resolve these issues, you can use the Startup Repair recovery tool. For more information, go to the following Microsoft webpage: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/startup-repair-frequently-asked-questions (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/startup-repair-frequently-asked-questions) *Note* Not all STOP 0x6B errors are caused by the issues that are described in this article. On 9/10/2013 11:03 PM, Susan Bradley wrote: Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, CISA, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization [email protected] Work:401-255-2497 This electronic message and any attachments may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are reading this message, but are not the intended recipient, nor an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from copying, printing, forwarding or otherwise disseminating this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to the message. Then, delete the message from your computer. Thank you. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 3:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Windows Update Issues? There's some talk of issues on the patch management list..... "We’re seeing the same behavior for KB2760588, KB2760583, and KB2760411 in our labs. We’re deferring until Microsoft issues revised updates. The updates do install but are detected on the client-side as failed and request for reinstallation." Sound like your issue? Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY From: "Sam Cayze" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:39:25 -0500 To: <[email protected]> ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] Windows Update Issues? Have about 5 people from my company call in and say they have had to install the windows updates today , repeatedly. Over and over. They don’t fail, but they keep. Noticing it on my test machine too. Haven’t seen any negative reports about this week’s updates… so just thought I’d ask. Haven’t delved into it yet. Pushed them out via WSUS. Clients are XP.
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