That's simply not true. Old buggy software just becomes the vector for exploitation in a (no offense David) poorly administred environment.
This would be a case of two wrongs making a wronger. Inadequate patching levels coupled with inadequate security implementation makes for an even bigger problem. I would go for one or the other. I'd be going to my superiors and saying somethign to the effect of: If we can't afford to spend $$$ on Adobe updates, then we had better change our behavior with regard to running as administrator all day long. It's a big security risk, which will only become bigger if we can't update our software. On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > Yeah, on second thought, I wouldn't worry about Adobe at this point. > As Al points out, old buggy software is far from your biggest concern. > > > > Sent from my Palm Pre on the Now Network from Sprint > > ------------------------------ > On Nov 4, 2011 7:46 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > > Neat, our user base meets all those criteria…as noted in previous > threads, all (eight) of our DA’s (except me) log in and browse as DA’s, and > 99.5% of our user base are local admins. > > > > *From:* Crawford, Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, November 03, 2011 3:09 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Adobe 8 suppoer dropped- Thoughts > > > > I’d be petrified. Double that if users using it are browsing the internet > from the machine with them installed. Triple that if they’re browsing as a > local admin. Quadruple if they’re domain admins. > > > > On the other hand, if they’re off network (and will stay that way) for > some reason, I’d be ok. > > > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, November 03, 2011 5:04 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Adobe 8 suppoer dropped- Thoughts > > > > We have a few dozen systems with Adobe 8 Standard which after today will > no longer be patched with security updates. What is your guys’ opinion on > risk of leaving them as-is and no upgrading to a newer version? > > *David Lum* > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229 //* *Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
