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Microsoft: Patches, Patches Everywhere!
Ridgelift writes "Even though Microsoft's recently announce they would not be issuing any new patches for the month of December, the boys at Redmond were scrambling today to figure out why some systems are being patched. The reason? They haven't got a clue."
I guess they are going to have to issue a patch to stop the machines from patching....ironic.
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I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
Simple, there is a bug in the patch issuing s/w which needs to be patched .
for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
Imagine a Microsoft product doing something without reason...
So the computers are patching themselves now, are they?
When exactly was it that the Cylons are supposed to attack?
"Hey Bob...did you patch this?" "No, I thought you did." "Phil!" "What?" "Is this your patch?" "Not me. No patches in December, remember? It's our gift to the world." "Then who the hell...hey Eddie!" "Not now...I'm trying to track down this patch..." "Crap."
Fin.
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Hey guys, when you find a new back door, don't tell anyone until right after MS releases a patch. You'll have a whole 30 days to crax0r everyone's b0x0r!
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It's an undocumented upgrade.
They keep sending me those security patches in email, and I keep applying them. I wish they'd stop it.
-- I have monkeys in my pants.
Patches? We don't need no stinking patches!
All these M$ patches are getting annoying, so I've applied the last fix for M$ problems that I'll ever need.
It's called LINUX.
There's even a version of this patch works great on PPC.
I think I think, therefore I think I am.
When they said "no new patches", they meant it. They simply raised existing patches. :)
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In other news today, the Cracker community announced it would commit to new virus and worm releases on the second Wednesday in each month.
You mean there are patches available for things OTHER than vulerabilities from Microsoft? Wow. Must have missed them at the bottom of the Windows Update page after the 250 zillion Security Patches.
they will still release zero-hour patches for vulnerabilities which are actively being exploited in the wild
"Kewl", as the script kiddies might say. This simply means that those crackers who resist the urge to get some f4me for their new exploit by announcing it on a SadCrAck3r IRC channel have a four week window to root more boxes.
Chris
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head for the hills
Like MS needs the help.
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Patches want to be free!
This is the first action of the Patch Liberation Front!
"You know you want me baby!" - Crow T Robot
Yes. That's exactly what he's saying.
But admins aren't subjected to the constant trickle of noncriticals... "Huh. An alert just popped into my mailbox saying there's a patch I need.... Its not patchday, so I wonder how big the impact will be for us..." And if its big he can take appropriate action...
I want a new world. I think this one is broken.
Where is Edward James Olmos?
Forget that. Begin the thawing of Lorne Greene.
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It isn't enough that it creates some of the crappiest html since Pagemill, but an html editor that creates security holes, too? What will they have to patch next? Notepad?
The potato it is uninformed.
Are your keyboards missing the Page Down button? How about Page Up? Maybe some keyboard manufacturers are leaving out these keys to save money.
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