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Microsoft: Do as we say, not as we do | |
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| Time: 13:40 EST/18:40 GMT | News Source: E-Mail | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Many companies have been badly affected by the latest in a long series of worms. This one, named Sapphire, or alternatively SQL Slammer, was only small but managed to bring the Internet to a standstill in parts and badly affect some corporate networks. In total it is estimated that more than 120,000 computers were affected. One of the companies affected was Microsoft, which is surprising when you consider that it is a Microsoft flaw, discovered over six months ago, that the worm exploits. | ||
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| #1 By 20 (24.243.41.64) at 2/7/2003 1:51:19 PM |
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I don't think it's wrong that MS says everyone should patch. Ask any security expert and s/he'll tell you the same thing.
Yes, it's hard, and yes, not even MS can do it, but what is the alternative? Quality of software is getting better, but it's a slow process and software is relatively young compared to other industries, so it's unreasonable to expect it's going to be 100% secure tomorrow. MS and the community have set a goal and they're working towards it. I don't think that's duplicitous or hypocritical. |
| #2 By 415 (199.8.71.121) at 2/7/2003 4:05:11 PM |
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It's not a question of resources, or practicing what you preach. The problem is really just human nature, and the fact they we humans are not omnipotent and all-knowing. We do not know everything about everything in the world the very moment that the information becomes available. Not to mention that everyone has varying degrees of interest in stuff.
Just ask a few people out there who won the Super Bowl, and I think you'll be surprised at how many people DO NOT know. Now ask those same people if they know that SQL Server service pack 3 in available for download. I think you'll get my point... ;-) |
| #3 By 20 (24.243.41.64) at 2/7/2003 4:25:44 PM |
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the problem with no applying patches is not money, but culture.
Software is in the early stages. When men were building internal combustion engines, they blew up all the time and many didn't run for very long. Some ran hot, Some would starve for gas, etc. The same argument could be applied to flight. Early aircraft were anything but safe and reliable. So to is software. Software today is not safe and reliable. Some software comes close, some are more safe than others, some are more reliable than others, but the state of the art is just not where automobiles or aircraft manufacturing are today. Just like there were horrific accidentes and disasters in the early days of flight, so too will there be horrible disasters with software. As these disasters happen, we learn much and remember not to do those things the next time. Look at it this way, with all the safety, engineering, and control we have in our space program today, we can't keep shuttles in space reliably. And yes, space is a harsh environment, but so far all the disasters have been man-made, not by nature. |
| #4 By 3465 (68.86.25.59) at 2/7/2003 5:09:43 PM |
| do we have to keep beating this issue any further? yes, we all realize the media is a news whore. yes, we all realize administrators are the ones to blame. yes, we all realize we'd rather blame the software maker than ourselves. |
| #5 By 61 (65.32.170.1) at 2/8/2003 8:01:17 PM |
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Lou: The Bucs won, baby, yeah!!!!!!!
Hehe, sorry... lived in Tampa all my life. |
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