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ActiveWin.com Poll: How often do you check for and install Microsoft security patches and/or critical updates? | |
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| Time: 00:51 EST/05:51 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin.com | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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| #1 By 20 (24.243.51.87) at 7/21/2002 1:20:46 AM |
| Sometimes (recently) to my detriment. My RRAS is hosed now =( |
| #2 By 2 (12.226.195.102) at 7/21/2002 1:28:54 AM |
| Yes, and I know you will be first in line to get SP 3 to fix that problem ;-) |
| #3 By 3 (62.253.128.4) at 7/21/2002 4:12:46 AM |
| Problem with some of the security fixes that MS release is that they are not tested for anything else other than the fix most of the time, thus other programs can have problems with them (only a few times) |
| #4 By 7797 (64.192.164.165) at 7/21/2002 11:21:16 AM |
| Its pretty silly to claim 99.999 whatever uptime but MS constantly release these hotpatches that require a reboot. I hate bringing the Servers down just to install YET ANOTHER hotfix. But if you want to stay secure.. thats what you have to do. |
| #5 By 2 (12.226.195.102) at 7/21/2002 11:33:05 AM |
| Good Point, but you can never make everyone happy! :) |
| #6 By 7797 (63.76.44.252) at 7/22/2002 7:51:13 AM |
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Neb Okla: The fine print.. yes yes yes I know the fine print. I was merely being sarcastic about the 5 nines. But i wouldnt use the fine print in anyone's defense.
I'm sorry but most of the hotfixes are patches, and unless you administer servers you might not know that most if not all of them DO require a reboot. Give me an example of some of these hotfixes that dont require a reboot, what percentage of fixes do they account for? I said "YET ANOTHER hotfix" not becasue i dont expect any hotfixes. But the sheer number of them warrants the statement. I agree no OS is perfect or ever will be, however there are several other Server OS's that don't require a reboot when hotfixes come out. Those OS stay up unless you have to patch the kernel and that is very rare. On those os's you can even completely upgrade such things as the web services and mail services etc etc without ever needing a reboot. For example the recent security update for SSH and apache didnt require a reboot of the server they were installed on. An admin did not have to bring the server down. Furthermore SSH could be installed AND tested all while the older version was still running. So the downtime would be minimal. Don't get me wrong. I use Windows all the time and there are many great things about it. However the need to reboot for patches, hotfixes and upgrades is one of the weaknesses in the OS. These are only a few of the hotfixes/patches that require a reboot: q252795_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe q276471_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe 285156_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe q285851_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe q286818_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe 287687_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe q292435_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe q293826_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe 296185_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe q298012_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe q299553_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe 299687_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe q299796_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe q300972_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe 302755_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe q303984_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe q301625_w2k_sp3_x86_en.exe This post was edited by tgnb on Monday, July 22, 2002 at 07:58. |
| #7 By 4209 (163.192.21.14) at 7/22/2002 9:45:44 AM |
| Where is the choice for, 'I don't check it all the time because MS e-mails me all the security updates before they are on the Windows Update Site.'? I get an e-mail, it makes me aware of a hotfix or security patch, then I read it and see if I use that feature and need that update, then I go update the appropriate server. |
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