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Slammer Worm Slams Microsofts Own

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oops-they-did-it-again dept.

MondoMor writes "Microsoft's forgot to patch some of its own servers to protect it from the months-old vulnerability exploited by the Slammer Worm, reports C|Net. Oops. Apparently Redmond's network was hit pretty hard. Just goes to show that no matter who you are, you'd better keep your apps patched." Update: 01/29 01:59 GMT by T : And if you're running systems which might be affected, take note: whitehorse writes "The Microsoft KB article for the Slammer patch found here has an incorrect URL for 'Download the patch' referring to KB Q316333 which is only a handle leak fix. The real patch may be found later in the article."

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  1. Re:And they have the source! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Windows just isn't as secureable as unix's ... this just goes to show that. MS HAD THE SOURCE, and weren't able to secure themselves against this. While it's probably true that Windows is not as secureable as unix, this is in fact no indication of that at all. The fact is there was a patch that fixed the problem and thus this problem IS secureable. It's not that they weren't ABLE to secure themselves, they just had people who DIDN'T.

  2. M$ Winblows Update by hckrdave · · Score: 1, Troll

    it would appear that the worm has brought down M$ Winbblows update site :-) :-)

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  3. Re:SQL Server by jsse · · Score: 1, Troll

    NT 4.0 is supported through the end of 2004. That makes a grand total of 8 years since it was introduced. Windows 2000 is through 2007.

    These are 'Extended support' period for Premium customers. Can you tell the difference or you've problem understanding the lengthy document? :)

    So you think you can enjoy that extended period? Are you are premium customers? Do you know what qualify you as a 'premium' customer in term of service support? Look like you know very well about Microsoft products so I can skip this here. :)

    Why people like you like to post as AC? I don't usually reply to the like of it but I hate you misleading others and blame it on my fault.

  4. Re:I wonder how long... by dildatron · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apparently you did not read my post. Next time, you should try it. I was not just blaming the admins.

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  5. Re:Some companies... by demo9orgon · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...should sometimes take the full width and breadth of their own fat rubber cock, you know so they might actually have a sense of empathy for the bottoms they normally trample with their patches and $500 dollar support incidents. They want lube? Ahahahah! Not today!

    That would thrill an audience of thousands on webcams with a delicious sense of irony. Hell, I would enthusiastically ejactulate twice!!

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  6. Re:rofl ..."we make too much stuff to keep tab on by NineNine · · Score: 0, Troll

    If I wrote shit that barfed all over the internet like that,

    I think that accusing MS of writing the worm is slander. I really doubt that they wrote that worm.

    And as far as your silly apt-get comparison... MS's stuff is integrated. That's why everything works so well together. I can very easily get the version from my third party apps because they're separate. MS stuff isn't built like that. If you want the version of a .dll, it's all right there. Go away, troll.