Microsoft patches their patched patches]

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 11:46:32 -0500
From: Robert Bruce Thompson <thompson () ttgnet com>
Subject: [Fwd: [RBT] Microsoft patches their patched patches]
To: dave () farber net

Hi, Dave

I just sent the following message to my subscribers, and thought you might 
want to warn your readers as well.

Best regards.

Bob

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [RBT] Microsoft patches their patched patches
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 11:34:47 -0500
From: Robert Bruce Thompson
To: Subscribers

For years, the conventional wisdom has been that one can't trust
Microsoft software until version 3.0, and that apparently is true for
their security patches as well.

The middle of last month, with much fanfare, Microsoft went to their new
scheme of releasing patches in batches once a month. A week or so later,
they released batches of patches to those batches of patches. Now,
they're releasing batches of patches to the batches of patches to the
batches of patches.

For details, see:

<http://www.esecurityplanet.com/prodser/article.php/3101901>

These batches and batches of patched patched patches are critical, so
don't ignore them. And, the way things are going, look for batches and
batches of patched patched patched patches sometime next week.

RBT

--
Robert Bruce Thompson
thompson () ttgnet com
http://www.ttgnet.com/thisweek.html
http://forums.ttgnet.com/ikonboard.cgi


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