RE: SQL Server patch - why doesn't Windows upda te help?

[John.Airey () rnib org uk]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Coombs [mailto:jasonc () science org]
> Sent: 30 January 2003 16:40
> To: Darren Reed; full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] SQL Server patch - why doesn't Windows
> update help?
>
>
> HFNetChk and Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer also failed 
> to warn anyone
> about installing the SQL Server hotfixes or SQL Server 
> Service Pack 3 until
> a couple weeks before Sapphire. You should never allow a 
> third-party to
> update code on your boxes, period. Do not use Windows Update.
I should also have mentioned that some updates (eg Windows NT4) cannot be
downloaded from Microsoft and you HAVE to use Windows Update.

My previous comments remain.

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John Airey, BSc (Jt Hons), CNA, RHCE
Internet systems support officer, ITCSD, Royal National Institute of the
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Tel.: +44 (0) 1733 375299 Fax: +44 (0) 1733 370848 John.Airey () rnib org uk 

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