more on MS XP service pack will automatically download *and* install updates

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 07:11:03 -0500
From: "M. Sean Fosmire" <msf () theup com>
Subject: Re: MS XP service pack will automatically download *and* install
 updates
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>

Given the fact that Microsoft's service packs have sometimes
themselves been major problems, including introducing new security
vulnerabilities, the autoupdate approach could be dangerous [is dangerous djf]

See http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-007.asp,
the most recent patch, which fixes a vulnerability introduced in an
earlier patch,
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-007.asp.

Also see http://grc.com/xpdite/xpdite.htm, where Gibson Security
(usually but not always a trusted source of such information)
discusses the "many horror stories from users who have had their
Windows XP systems badly damaged by the installation of Service Pack
1"

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M. Sean Fosmire        msf () theup com
Marquette, Michigan
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--Original message--

> Microsoft to Automate Windows Security
> By Brian Krebs
> washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
> Thursday, March 4, 2004; 6:41 AM

> Microsoft Corp. plans to release a new version of its popular Windows XP
> software that automatically downloads and installs software patches onto
> personal computers, one of the company's most aggressive moves to promote
> Internet safety. . .

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