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Microsoft Rereleases Patch to Fix Problems
AbdullahHaydar writes "From CRN: 'One day after releasing a fix for an Office XP flaw, Microsoft upgraded the severity of the vulnerability to critical and re-issued a new patch to address a new attack scenario discovered in the last 24 hours.' The funny thing is that the second bug they missed with the first fix is 'critical' whereas the original bug the fix was for is 'important.'"
I knew eventually microsoft would do something right...
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I like you, Stuart. You're not like everyone else, here, at Slashdot.
Remember, to Microsoft it is not an important problem unless they already have a fix for it!
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Wow, that's fast.
I'm no apologist for MS (see my posting history :-), but re-relasing a new patch at a higher security classification ought to be applauded, not ridiculed.
Applauding Microsoft for having to re-release a patch is like applauding Idi Amin for only eating some dude's skin and muscles and not his intestines or eyeballs. Or applauding Paris Hilton for having the good sense to only videotape herself having regular and oral sex and not anal sex.
GMD
watch this
So what, they did a dupe?
Ok, ok, patching is a part of life -- that's understood. We have to patch our Linux installs too, after all. However, the Linux community doesn't seem to wrap itself in this strange PR shroud that MS does. You know the one -- how hackers are good for testing MS software and then how hacks aren't found until after MS releases a patch...oh and this business about making patch management easier by bundling patches monthly instead of releasing them sooner to protect their customers from harm.
Right. So here we have a patch that should've probably been QA-ed to death (since they're doing this monthly instead of knee-jerk) and then later issuing another patch to properly plug the hole.
I guess after they um...opened the source to some of Windows, they're only following suit by doing the "Release early, release often" mantra. Next thing we know, they'll be sponsoring Linux-friendly news sites and even exhibiting in Open Source conventions.
"Microsoft Rereleases Patch to Fix Problems"
all of them?
"when life gets complicated, I like to take a nap in a tree and wait for dinner" - Hobbes.
I for one DO applaud Paris Hilton for doing just that. After all, videotaping yourself having ANAL sex and having it leaked all over the internet might get a little embarrasing for her. Good thing she didn't let things go THAT far!
I applaud the Slashdot editors once again in choosing a relevant and timely news story. Never before has a patch been reissued. This is surely a momentous day on the Internet.
Plus we can have a chance to talk about how our favorite operating system would never do such a thing! This IS a great post!
"The funny thing"? The funny thing? That's like walking out of a Monty Python show and saying, "Man, that one joke was really funny."
Stop learning! Only you can prevent esoterrorism.
Please moderate this story as both "Redundant" and "Flamebait" (definitely not clever enough to be a "Troll"). What, we're not allowed to moderate stories? Sounds like Slashdot needs a patch...
...because when right click on the paperclip and ask it if there is a security problem... and he told me Word already had security features.
Thank god!
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whew. I was just about to check it out for myself. But since I know its raunchy thanks to you, I can spare myself :)
It's a hot thing to do in bed if you're a slutty shaved blonde worth $30m.
It is not a hot thing to do if you're a 300lb, hairy, sweaty slashdot nerd 'flying solo.' I beg you, slashdot readers, don't video tape yourselves in bed.
So does this patch require a restart? Because I'd hate to lose my 8 hours of uptime.
of these threatening severity levels. I will install no patch less severe than "orgasmic" or possiblity "chocolicious".
I heard that MS is releasing a new SP for Office that would fix all the problems. They're calling it OpenOffice. The new Windows SP, code named Linux, is suppose to be released soon as well.
Windows is as solid as quicksand.
My first thought was, "Damn, that would be a tremendous patch."
Microsoft Rereleases Patch to Fix Problems
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Well, that's a relief -- could be worse -- imagine a headline that reads "Microsoft Rereleases Patch to Cause Problems"
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-kgj
the second patch was critical? whaddya bet it fixed a new, more serious hole introduced by the first patch? :P