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Microsoft Flubs Patch, Putting Users At Risk
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft is rushing to fix a flaw introduced by the company's latest security update to Internet Explorer. From the article: 'The flaw, initially thought to only crash Internet Explorer, actually allows an attacker to run code on computers running Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 1 that have applied the August cumulative update to Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, security firm eEye Digital Security asserted. The update, released on August 8, fixed eight security holes but also introduced a bug of its own, according to Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer for the security firm, which notified Microsoft last week that the issue is exploitable.'"
The incident may undo a great deal of the work that Microsoft has done to convince users to trust its software updates and install them by default.
Who's trust did they gain again? Which users? Certainly wasn't me!
Riiiiight... Because a Firefox patch has never introduced a new bug into the system that would be patched in the next update.
haha,microsoft sucks,feltchers.
Wait, wait... Assure QUALITY for IE? Say that again!
Oh, wait. I thought you said newS flaws. Nevermind.
What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?
As that would generate the usual screed of MS apologists modding down anyone here who dare mock the Holy Windows.
Dear Steve,
On behalf of Microsoft, I would like to formally apologize for your server, which truly matters because it hangs out on a DSL line. We regret you haven't experienced 24/7/365 uptime to host your crappy personal files using a free DNS redirection service. To make amends, we are offering a $0.53 USD monetary compensation to you and the 3 other people who use your server for hosting their blog images that nobody gives a shit about.
We hope your crappy Halo server/IRC server used by 3 people who live in their mom's basements/FTP server full of anime porn works better in the future, because these systems "truly matter".
Yours truly,
Bill Gates
billg@microsoft.com
anyone who points out spelling, punctuation, or grammar issues in that first line get's branded a brokeback mountain cowboy for the rest of their life.