Obviously, they don't routinely patch Oracle-based systems and apps, or even Apple systems.
*ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Technology Services that Maximize Business Results... * On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Free, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > And the last blurb in my inbox by one of the intrepid journalists > ...drumroll..."Patch Doomsday" > > What a bunch of BS > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 11:14 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: 17 Patches coming out from Microsoft this month. > > And that's exactly it... she's had LOB apps on her kitchen-sink that failed > after .net 4 patching. I'm not minimizing her pain - but I still don't > consider it a huge deal. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Free, Bob [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 2:12 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: 17 Patches coming out from Microsoft this month. > > Yea, it might break her SBS server...LOL > > I agree with Brian, just another chance for headlines and sensationalism > for people who are so inclined. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 3:51 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: 17 Patches coming out from Microsoft this month. > > Susan goes ape over .net patching. That's her major pain point. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Desmond [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 12:16 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: 17 Patches coming out from Microsoft this month. > > I can never figure this out. What's the difference to you whether they ship > 2 patches or 17? This seems like just your basic sensational headline to me. > It's the same deployment effort. I doubt you're fully qualifying each patch > individually and communally in a full test environment where you'd see > substantial increase in test overhead. > > Thanks, > Brian Desmond > [email protected] > > c - 312.731.3132 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 3:35 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: 17 Patches coming out from Microsoft this month. > > Cross post from Susan Bradley on the Patch Management List. Strap on your > seat-belts folks its going to be a bumpy ride this month. > > Advance Notification Service for the April 2011 Bulletin Release - MSRC > - Site Home - TechNet Blogs: > http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/04/07/advance-notification- > service-for-the-april-2011-bulletin-release.aspx > > My name is Pete Voss, and I'm a senior response communications manager with > Microsoft Trustworthy Computing. I'll be joining the rest of the team on the > MSRC blog <http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/> and @MSFTSecResponse < > http://twitter.com/#%21/msftsecresponse/> Twitter handle to help provide > you with the latest information and guidance for Microsoft security. > > Today, we're providing advanced notification < > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms11-apr.mspx> on the > release of 17 security bulletins, nine rated Critical and eight rated > Important. This month's bulletin release will address 64 vulnerabilities > across Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Visual > Studio, .NET Framework and GDI+. > > This month we'll be closing some issues that Microsoft has already > previously spoken to, including the SMB Browser (Critical) issue publicly > disclosed Feb. 15. Microsoft assessed the situation and reported < > http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/02/16/notes-on-exploitabili > ty-of-the-recent-windows-browser-protocol-issue.aspx> > that although the vulnerability could theoretically allow Remote Code > Execution, that was extremely unlikely. To this day, we have seen no > evidence of attacks. > > We are also planning a fix for the MHTML vulnerability in Windows, rated > Important. We alerted people to this issue with Security Advisory > 2501696 > <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2501696.mspx> > (including a Fix-It that fully protected customers once downloaded) back in > late January. In March, we updated the advisory to let people know we were > aware of limited, targeted attacks. > > The bulletin release scheduled for the second Tuesday of the month, April > 12, at approximately 10 a.m. PDT. Come back to this blog then for our > official risk and impact analysis, as well as deployment guidance and a > brief video overview of the month's highlights. Meanwhile, customers are > encouraged to review Microsoft's advanced notification < > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms11-apr.mspx> and > assess it for their particular environment. Additionally, we recommend that > administrators reference our Security Update Guide < > http://www.microsoft.com/security/msrc/whatwedo/securityguide.aspx> for > help preparing for the bulletin release. > > The monthly technical webcast is scheduled for Wednesday, April 13, hosted > by Jerry Bryant and Jonathan Ness. I invite you to tune in and learn more > about the security bulletins. 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